Chapter Twenty-Five: Through the Streets
In the morning, Zhu Yu and the others were woken up by the chirping of birds, and yesterday, after playing with Labu Tsering and riding a horse, he felt very tired and naturally slept very sweetly.
Zhu Yu walked out of the tent, stretched his waist, looked around, and saw that there was a gentle slope around him, the slope was covered with all kinds of wild grasses, and among the weeds were one or two wild flowers, and in the distance, there was a dark forest, and the sound of birds came from the forest.
Just as Zhu Yu was looking at the surrounding scenery intently, they had already walked out of the tent in the blue sky.
While Lan Tian, Zhao Li and Luo Lin were packing up the tent together, Lan Ling'er also folded the small tent she lived in and stuffed it into a big bag on the horse's back.
Sansu stayed on the surrounding big trees last night, Master Wufeng arranged for Master Wusi to be on duty at night, and he sat on a big tree closest to them all night in the blue sky, because the situation has been in crisis for a long time, in order to prevent being sneak attacked, Wufeng asked everyone to be cautious.
On the fifth day of going out, when everyone crossed an avenue, they found that the road under their feet was suddenly much wider, and the number of pedestrians, carriages and horses gradually increased, and Zhu Yu found that there were two people, four people and even eight people carrying a large sedan chair on the avenue.
This is the official sedan chair, there is a "official" word directly above the sedan chair, the general robber, if you see such a sedan chair, you will never dare to rob, rob the official, the government will send troops to chase and suppress, the days of the strongman are over. Lan Tian has been out with his parents many times, and he can be regarded as a well-informed person in Tianlong Mountain, seeing Zhu Yu staring at the big sedan chair carried by eight people, he said.
After Lan Tian and the others went to the official road, seeing that there was no one before and after, Lan Tian changed into a brand-new silk costume, Lan Ling'er also dressed up carefully, put part of the bags on the horseback of the two of them to Zhu Yu and their horses, the two accompanied the young lady of the big family, and Zhu Yu and the three of them were still wearing very simple clothes when they went out, pretending to be the servants of Lan Tian and Lan Ling'er, leading the horses, of course, all this was planned before going out.
The three of Wufeng, Wuxin and Wusi followed the five people, separated by five people and ten feet, carrying bulging bags on their backs, looking like old farmers walking together, but they were not conspicuous.
The eight of them walked on the Daguan Road for more than two hours, and found that there were more and more people on the road, just like the water of a small river flowing into a big river.
"Look! The officers and soldiers are coming. Zhu Yu, Zhao Li and Luo Lin looked at the end of the official road, and saw a pair of officers and soldiers coming along the avenue, and the two who took the lead rode on a tall horse, walking majestically in front, followed by more than a hundred soldiers, riding fast horses, carrying a scimitar and a sword, and on the side of the horse, there was a spear.
Obviously, this group of officers and soldiers is the guard of the imperial city, and it seems that the capital is not far away.
When the officers and soldiers came to him, Zhu Yu found that the two people on the horse were Wu Gan, the commander of the Dongchang capital, and Zhang Han, the deputy commander of the capital, who had arrested him in the Shaolin Temple before.
Zhu Yu was afraid of being recognized by the two, so he quietly walked from behind the horse to the side of the road, and continued to lead the horse forward, hoping that the horse could block his face.
Wu Qian and Zhang Han walked past the five people on horses with their heads raised, without even looking at a few people, Zhu Yu couldn't help but let out a long breath, but when the soldiers were finished, they heard someone shouting behind them: "What are the three of you doing?" ”
Hearing the scolding, Zhu Yu turned his head to look back, and found that Zhang Han, who had already walked closer, rode back again for some reason, and questioned Wufeng, Wuxin and Wuxi.
"This military master, the three of us are villagers who went to the city to visit relatives." Master Wufeng took off his straw hat and looked at Zhang Han with a smile.
"Villagers? How could a villager carry a sword? Zhang Han smiled slyly.
Hearing Zhang Han say this, Master Wuxin came back to his senses, he used to bring a machete when he went out, because it was often used to scare wild beasts and cut thorns, at this moment, the knife was carrying a gray cloth bag on his body, and it was unfortunately seen by the officer.
"Oh, Master Jun, that's right, I do have a knife on my body, this knife was handed down by my grandfather, and the tip of the knife was cut off by my father, I chopped wood yesterday, and the blade was cut again, so I had to come to the city to find a blacksmith to make up for it." Wuxin smiled.
"Broken knives? Impossible, take it for me to see. Hearing this, a soldier stepped forward and reached out to grab the burden behind Master Wuxin, and at this moment, Master Wuxin suddenly released internal force to the blade of the knife, and secretly broke the knife into three pieces.
The soldier grabbed the burden, only to hear the broken knife "clang" in the baggage, came to Zhang Han's side, opened the cloth bag, and inside was indeed a broken knife broken into three pieces.
Zhang Han saw that it was a broken knife, looked at Wuxin, and then looked at the broken knife, and said in his heart, he obviously saw a knife in a cloth bag before, how could it suddenly break? This old man has never touched a knife before! Maybe I'm dazzled.
"You can't bring a broken knife, it's confiscated!" Zhang Han Yuwei did not decrease, and scolded.
After Zhang Han finished speaking, he turned around and said to Wu Gan: "Commander Wu, let's go!" ”
Wu Qian looked at Master Wuxin, then at Wufeng and Wusi, and felt that there was something wrong with these three people, but he couldn't say what was wrong, and muttered: "Well, let's go, let's go, continue patrolling." ”
Seeing the officers and soldiers leaving, Sansuo immediately raised his breath and hurried, and after a while caught up with Lan Tian and the others, and in order not to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, the five did not stop when Wu Qian and Zhang Han inspected Sansuo, but accelerated their speed and kept moving forward.
"Let's hurry up, I see another officer looking at us with a strange look, maybe he sees some clues, suspects that we are martial arts people, and if we don't get it right, we will turn back." Master Windless said.
"I inquired with passers-by, and if you go another fifty miles along the road from here, you will be in the capital, and we will talk about it when we enter the city." When the officers and soldiers searched Sansuo, Lan Tian had already paid good attention to them, and he must get rid of them as soon as possible to avoid causing trouble.
Master Wufeng and Master Wuxin and Master Wusi said, "Let's go!" After saying that, the three of them lifted their breath and flew into the trees on the side of the road, and disappeared in an instant.
"Zhu Yu, the three of you also get on the horse, and we will enter the city as fast as possible." After Lan Tian finished speaking, a dozen horses, the front hooves of the horses were raised high, and a neigh, "Da, Da, Da" ran forward, and Zhu Yu and others also hit the horses and followed the blue sky closely.
In less than an hour, the five of them had already ridden to a huge city gate, Zhu Yu, Zhao Li and Luo Lin dismounted and led the horses, Lan Tian and Lan Ling'er were still sitting on the horses, and the five of them came to the city gate unhurriedly.
The city wall on the city gate is about five zhang high, the city wall extends to both ends in an arc, links up the other three city gates, forms an arch guard of the capital, may be convenient for defense, the city gate is not as wide as imagined, the height is not more than two zhang, the width is only more than one zhang, on the city gate, it is written "Yanjing" two big characters, between the upper edge of the city gate and the edge of the daughter wall of the city wall, there is a slightly smaller "south" word, indicating that this is the south gate of the capital.
The interrogation of the soldiers at the door is not strict, the blue sky they entered the city smoothly, in stark contrast to the desolation and desertion outside the city, the city is very lively, the citizens come and go, the small traders set up stalls along the street to sell all kinds of goods, the street is very wide, the street is seven or eight zhang wide, the small street also has two or three zhang, the houses on the street are lined up one after another, the façade along the street is full of shops, there are restaurants, pawnshops, silk villages, blacksmith shops, inns, etc., Zhu Yu is dazzled.
"Alas, Zhu Yu, let's go, let's find a place with few people to rest." Seeing Zhu Yu look here and there, he couldn't take a step, Lan Ling'er reminded.
Hearing Lan Ling'er's reminder, Zhu Yucai smiled as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly pulled the horse and followed Lan Ling'er forward.
Lan Tian has been to the capital several times, is very familiar with the streets of the capital, he rode a horse in front, with four people left and right, came to a lake, on the edge of the lake, there are a few good hotels, blue sky dismounted, led the horse into the store.
Hearing that someone wanted to live in the hotel, the shopkeeper came out of the hall, only to see the shopkeeper five big and three thick, with a good appearance, seeing the blue sky, calling the young master, and seemed to be very familiar with the blue sky.
The shopkeeper called someone to take off the horse's burden, carried it into the side room on the side of the hall, took the horse to the stable in the backyard and settled it, and asked several people to recognize their rooms.
Zhu Yu has walked a lot all the way today, and he is not very skilled in riding a horse, so he is staggering and very laborious to ride, so as soon as he enters his room, he falls asleep.