After delivering the letter, the group regrouped and continued to rush to the destination, they were going to Yizhou in Ningcheng, which is the most prosperous island in Ningcheng.

Yizhou Linhai so the trade is in the port of this state, including the land route, the so-called bandit village Huajing Village collects tolls here, arrogant and abnormal.

They traveled on the road for half a month before they reached Ningcheng, and they had to go to the government of Ningcheng to see the government of Ningcheng to understand the situation.

But by that time they had passed the curfew, the city gates were closed, the sky was dark and foggy, there was no moon to-night, and there were few stars overhead, and the evening breeze was a little cool, as if it was going to rain.

"My lord, is there anything out of the ordinary?"

They rested outside the city, anyway, they were busy all the way, and they were not afraid of this night when they often stayed in the wilderness, Bai Ran settled the soldiers on duty at night, and saw Yan Zheng standing in one place from a distance, looking at the city gate very close from a distance with his back to them, and he didn't know what he was thinking about when his back was depressed, so he couldn't help but come forward to ask.

"The bandits are the trouble, and after making trouble for so long, the Ningcheng County Order is like invisible, until people shake the matter in front of His Majesty and send me here, but Fang Qi seems to have suddenly learned about the banditry, so he wants to send troops to suppress the bandits, which is really suspicious."

Yan Zheng clasped his hands around his arms, a frost on his face couldn't get rid of the doubts in his heart, they only heard it from the caravan people who came to Ningcheng the day before yesterday, saying that their county order had finally sent troops to suppress the bandits, and the government didn't know if the group of flower glasses village could stop the meeting.

This matter is too different, and it is related to their trip, Yan Zheng couldn't help but inquire a few words, only to learn that the Ningcheng Mansion and the two days ago had been reorganized to suppress bandits, and the notices had been posted, and there was a great tendency to clear the disaster of one party.

It came too suddenly, and the more it happened, the more he felt that there was something wrong with it.

"Tomorrow, you will enter the city, you pretend that I will go to the county government to inquire about the situation first, and I will mix in as ordinary people to secretly investigate, and by the way, I will take the county lord to find Doctor Du." Yan Zheng put away his hand, turned around and walked towards the tent.

Bai Ran was stunned for a moment, and then followed.

The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, the first rays of the morning light sprinkled on the top of the city wall of Ningcheng, and the procession into the city had lined up in front of the city gate. The traffic is busy, and it is extremely lively.

Although the floodgates opened, the long line remained still, as if waiting for something.

But in the middle of the night, they heard the sound of a carriage passing by in the city gate, and everyone raised their long necks to look at the city gate, and saw that the carriage stopped in front of the city gate, and the county magistrate Fang stepped down from the carriage, panicked and solemn, as if nervous to get out of the carriage and accidentally broke down, fortunately it was fine.

The lord of the county government stopped in front of a group of well-dressed and well-trained guards riding tall horses at the front of the line, brushed the dust off his body, and said very respectfully: "Weichen has seen Yan Yushi!" ”

"Yan Yushi!" Someone in the team snorted lightly, a little surprised and a little incredible, and pulled his companion next to him as if to verify it: "But that Zuodu Yushi who worships the three products of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

"In addition to Yan Yushi, there is that in the world, but what is Yan Yushi doing here?" The companion couldn't help but be puzzled, his eyes rolled, as if he thought of something else, "The notice of encircling and suppressing the bandits in Huajing City was posted two days ago, could it be that this matter alarmed the saint so he sent someone Yan Yushi." ”

"By the way, I also heard that Yan Yushi seems to have beaten a close relative of the Hou Ye in Beijing, and was punished by His Majesty to visit, it seems that the destination is Yizhou, and the bandits in Huajingzhai are finally going to suffer, and Yizhou can be regarded as saved."

Everyone guessed word by word, and in the end, they had already expected the scene of the bandits in Huajingzhai being exterminated, with tears in their eyes, extremely excited and excited.

Ruan Mingjiao and Yan Hui hid in the crowd, changed into ordinary people's clothes, ordinary silk shirts, tied their hair with ribbons, and hung lightly on their shoulders, when she heard this, she couldn't help but glance at the people around her, her eyes were full of ridicule, as if she didn't believe that Yan Zheng's reputation was so famous.

The party looked down at her and did not answer.

On the other end, Fang Qi had already greeted the "Yan Zheng" party in white dye camouflage into the city, and the nobles dispersed The line of ordinary people began to move, Ruan Mingjiao put away his mind to ridicule Yan Zheng and followed the crowd to pick up the documents and tokens for entering the city.

In order to facilitate entry, Yan Zheng and they had already made a token of fake identity, and the two of them had already changed their identities to be an ordinary couple who came to Ningcheng to see a doctor, Ruan Mingjiao couldn't help but wonder when she saw this identity ultimatum for the first time, and looked at Yan Zheng with a little more scrutiny.

But someone looked calm, and said in a casual tone: "It's a fake identity, and I hope the county lord is not strange!" ”

But no matter how calm he was, his clenched fists and the erratic look in his eyes made Ruan Mingjiao smell a little wrong.

However, it is not very comfortable to have a fake identity with someone who hated him before, so it is understandable to behave like this, Ruan Mingjiao didn't think much about it, and accepted the ultimatum with peace of mind, after all, it is important to enter the city.

At this time, she wore a square cloth turban around most of her face, her face was pale, and some of the officers and soldiers who were weak to defend the city talked about their illness, as if to support the hand of the "husband" on the side as if to prove it.

The soldier defending the city looked at the ultimatum and looked at him twice, and then he was relieved to return the ultimatum to them, and then waved them in.

The two of them entered the city, did not dare to stop all the way, walked straight to the center of Ningcheng, and walked to a place where the officers and soldiers could not see before stopping their disguise, "Where are you going now?" ”

Ruan Mingjiao took off the square scarf and folded it neatly into her sleeve and asked.

Yan Zheng glanced around as he walked, making sure that no one saw them, the buildings in the city were standing, the streets were adjacent, the streets were full of people, and the street vendors were extremely lively.

He looked up at the restaurant in front of him, the entrance hall was magnificent, the plaque was polished and shiny, and there were four sonorous and powerful characters: Yunlai Inn. Look at this endless stream of visitors, and this momentum should be the most prosperous inn in Ningcheng.

"Rest here for the night, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Yan Zheng said that he had already strode in, and Ruan Mingjiao followed with a few trotters.

As soon as I entered the inn, it was even more crowded, lively and extraordinary, drinking and eating, gathering in groups of three or five, the sharp-eyed Xiao Er immediately put on a rag, trotted over with a smile, and said respectfully: "The two of you are still staying in the hotel." ”

"I want an upper room and bring some food and drinks!"

Yan Zheng pulled Ruan Mingjiao and threw a silver ingot to Xiao Er, the little two immediately laughed and trembled, and the service attitude became more and more enthusiastic, and hurriedly took the silver back into his arms and made a gesture, "Two of you, please come here!" ”

After finding an upper room, Yan Zheng and Ruan Mingjiao entered, and the little two stood in front of the door: "Wait a minute, the two distinguished guests will come soon." ”

"There is labor!" Yan Zheng bowed his head.

The little second immediately took the door out, and as soon as he left, Ruan Mingjiao took off the silk scarf, revealing that white and flawless face, and walked to the table to pour a cup of tea.

Just about to drink, his eyes turned to the bed opposite, in order to cooperate with the identity of "husband and wife", opening two rooms will inevitably arouse suspicion, but now there is no one Ruan Mingjiao is a little difficult, how can two people sleep in a bed?

Yan Zheng stepped to the side and sat down, as if sensing her eyes, glanced back, slowly poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here tonight!" ”

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Ruan Mingjiao looked away with a little weakness, stared down at the teacup in her hand, the roots of her ears were red as if dripping blood, she smacked it carefully and found that something was wrong, she suddenly raised her eyes, and said suspiciously: "You are not here, where are you going?" ”

Without waiting for an answer, Yan Zheng put his finger to his mouth and made a silent movement, and a pair of narrow eyes with sharp eyes instantly became alert.

Ruan Mingjiao was about to ask what was wrong, when there was a knock on the door, "Guest officer, your meal is here." ”

The vigilance in Yan Zheng's eyes dissipated, and he got up and opened the door, and Xiao Er, who was just a little er, stood outside the door with a meal and a pot for a long time, and said happily: "Guest officer, food." ”

As he spoke, he entered the door, put the food on the table, and was about to turn around and leave, but Yan Zheng had already closed the door and stopped in front of him, revealing a fairly gentle smile: "Little brother, we are foreigners, and we came here this morning to see a doctor, but in front of the city gate, I heard them say what the mirror village is, what is the imperial history, dare to ask what happened here?" ”

The little two were stunned for a moment, glanced at the two of them, and were a little embarrassed, but Yan Zheng took out another ingot of silver and gave it to him, "We are just curious, could it be that there is something big in the city, my lady is weak and specially came to see Dr. Du, if something happens, I am afraid that her illness will be delayed." ”

It was not easy to meet such a generous diner as Yan Zheng, and the little second hurriedly accepted the money and was not embarrassed, so he sighed and said mysteriously: "The two of you are outsiders, and it is normal not to know, this is our private matter in Ningcheng, and no one dared to mention it in the past." ”

He paused, looked at the door vigilantly and continued: "There is a state in Ningcheng, Yayizhou, where is there a Panlong Mountain, this Huajing Village is the bandit's nest above, the bandit leader named Scar occupies a mountain as the king, and the caravan of Panlong Mountain has been in charge of the caravan for a week, private, and dart bureaus have all paid tolls here, if they come hard, not only will they rob the property and resist will be wiped out by the Huajing Village, so this has become a tradition for us here, and it seems to be rich but in fact it is in a panic. ”

Yan Zheng and Ruan Mingjiao glanced at each other, "Doesn't the yamen of the state capital send troops to suppress bandits?" ”

"Harm, said to be a bandit, suppressed for more than a year and no result, this group of soldiers who eat official food are idle all day long, eating fat heads and big ears, each negligent in drilling, in terms of strength and means, which is like the gang of bandits in Huajingzhai, who was beaten by a gang of bandits, and then the government can only turn a blind eye for their own lives, on the surface, it is said that the bandits have been stopped, but in fact, how or how should they cross Panlong Mountain."

The little second said and rolled his eyes in disgust, for such a mansion and the people have long been numb, after all, it is good to live cautiously, Panlong Mountain can't afford to provoke them, but they can afford to hide, just walk around.

"Still." Xiao Er's words turned around, and he was a little hopeful, "I heard that there are big officials in Beijing coming to patrol today, maybe the court saw that these government officials did nothing and sent big officials to suppress bandits, no wonder this government posted a notice to suppress bandits two days ago, and I don't know whether to do it for the people or to the big officials in the capital, in short, I hope that if I don't come to do some superficial work, I will leave the people of our city again, and then pat my ass and leave." ”