Haining City is located in the southeast of Zeguo, the distribution is approximately square, four doors are opened on four sides, and Xu Ping enters from the north gate. The shouting and shouting in the city come and go, the houses are lined up but orderly, the industry is divided into blocks and is not scattered, faintly connected with nature, and the layout of the city should be operated by a master, which is not far behind the later generations. Xu Ping secretly became interested in this trader.

"Guest officer, do you want to come in and have some snacks, the barbecued pork buns are selling at a discount today!" At this time, Xiao Er's shouting came from the teahouse next to him. Anyway, there doesn't seem to be any sign in the city, so it's better to listen to the rumors in the teahouse first and inquire about the information of the Haining Palace. Xu Ping turned around and entered the teahouse, arching his hand: "Little brother, help arrange a seat, I like a lively place." Xiao Er glanced at Xu Ping, took Xu Ping to the place where the diners gathered, and said with a smile: "The guest officer looks at the face, where does the dust come from?"

Xu Ping looked ahead, the four tables were located in the corner, only the innermost one was unseated, and the other three tables did not look like locals, the teahouse was indeed a gathering place for the three sects and nine streams, hoping to have an unexpected joy, hearing Xiao Er's question, Xu Ping said: "Coming from Guanzhong, I am ready to see if there is any business to be done here." Guanzhong is full of big bosses, and business is really difficult to do. Someone at the table next to him asked, "I wonder what business Your Excellency is going to do?" Xu Ping turned his head sideways, and it turned out that the person who asked was a middle-aged man in a light gray robe, with a white face and bright eyes.

Xu Ping arched his hand, sat down straight, and said with a smile: "Do some gouache business at home, I don't know what Your Excellency will call?" The middle-aged man nodded when he heard this, he didn't ask casually just now, the man in front of him gestured calmly and calmly, not like ordinary people, the clothes were made of exquisite workmanship, and the fabrics were obviously from Shanghangcheng. Asking is also with the purpose of forming a good fate, but this person said that he was making gouache, but there was no smell on his body, there should be something else, thinking of this, he said: "Haining gouache market, Haining Wangfu Pinyan Building you must go to see, go out and turn left, go to the West Gate, the largest gouache building over there is Pinyan." As for my name, let's talk about it when we have a chance to meet in the future. Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Xu Ping didn't ask any more questions, and nodded in thanks. A voice also came from the next table: "Are you from Guanzhong?" I have long heard that martial arts are popular over there, is it really a martial artist for everyone?" Xu Ping shook his head and said helplessly: "Everyone martial arts is a bit exaggerated, but martial arts is a fact." In particular, the recruitment of the Guanzhong garrison is even more swaggering every year. The man said again: "The Guanzhong garrison and the Guanzhong Wangfu soldiers are not together, the Guanzhong Wangfu soldiers are ......" Before the words fell, the companion next to him covered his mouth and sneered: "I'm sorry, my friend is from the countryside and doesn't understand the rules, don't blame it." ”

Xu Ping laughed, secretly surprised in his heart, even this passer-by felt that it was inappropriate, this Guanzhong Wang was really Sima Zhao's heart was not disguised? When the original owner of this body traveled to Guanzhong a few months ago, the garrison army and the Guanzhong Wangfu soldiers did not commit any crimes, how could it be like this now. Xu Ping didn't think much about it, calmed down, ordered a few barbecued pork buns and a pot of tea, and wondered where to start.

Just thinking about it, a dozen big horses suddenly roared past outside the door, obviously the rider was in a hurry, and the long whip in his hand waved and made a snapping sound, and roared: "Go away, go away, emergency, don't interfere with official business!"

"Ouch, my old waist, you rushed into the city, and this is not the way to rush on business."

"Don't hit my sign......"

There were many complaints outside the door, but no one dared to stop them. Even if it is really stopped, no one can afford to be charged with obstructing official business. The people don't fight with the officials, but it's not a problem to have a bad mouth. As the sound of horses' hooves faded away, two people walked in outside the door, chatting while walking: "That was the person from the post station just now, according to this running method, it is estimated that it should have come from the early morning." ”

Xu Ping calculated that the time was almost right, and this group of people should have come to break the news about King Haining. Xu Ping hurriedly got up and wanted to sneak into the city lord's mansion, at this time Xiao Er held the plate with one hand, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Ping with the other: "Guest officer, your barbecued pork ......?" Xu Ping took out the money, which he found from rummaging through the cabinets in the house. But does Cao Ying have money on her now? Thinking of this, Xu Ping looked strange, after all, whether she had money or not, Xu Ping was still clear, and if she got it, she still had to keep the account first, Xu Ping put the money on the plate, took a barbecued pork bun, and said with a smile: "The rest of the buns, give them to the people at the tables just now." ”

Out of the door, Xu Ping ran straight to the City Lord's Mansion. When passing through the center of Haining City, there was a group of people and horses heading towards the West Gate. Although the number of people was small, they were obviously well-trained, and several attendants were hidden beside the sedan chair in the middle, hurrying away. Xu Ping recognized that this dress belonged to the Haining Palace, and he wanted to go to the West Gate? He wanted to go to Pinyan Tower? There would be no results for a while, if it was really Cao Ying's second uncle who was a ghost, at most he was just going to put pressure on him now, so I would better go first to see what the attitude of the post station and the City Lord's Mansion was.

There are still bustling crowds around, shouting, bargaining, sounding in the ears, family affairs, business affairs, everything is endless, it is really a peaceful and prosperous world, Xu Ping sighed, just arrived in this world, there is no sense of belonging, but I don't think much about the impact that the future change of power will bring to the people here, the top priority is to hurry up and follow the person who came from the post station.

This broken city usually doesn't come a few times, the road is not familiar, only a general direction knows that the city lord's mansion is here, I don't know how many wronged roads I have walked halfway, Xu Ping complained that the original owner was hiding in the deep mountains and old forests to fish, and walked to the shadows. After looking around at the lack of people, he performed a moon step and landed lightly on the wall. There are not many guards in the house, and they occupy a few doors in twos and threes, and it is not good to ask them too much in peacetime.

While several guards were chatting and blowing water, Xu Ping's figure flashed away and went to the inner hall. Suddenly, seeing the man on horseback, Xu Ping chuckled, and this is the end of the conversation? But when I looked closely, it turned out that the horse rider was being led to the house, and he should not have started to report it yet, but the speed was not as fast as expected. Xu Ping quietly followed them and heard the horseman have a foul mouth over there: "Fucking told you that there was a major incident, otherwise would my little post chief dare to take the responsibility of breaking into Haining City?

The two of them kept walking, and the guide in front of them said apologetically: "The subordinate is used to playing ball, and he didn't react for a while, because we were negligent, and I will ask the city lord to be in front of him later, so let's not be too difficult to be a man, and it will be troublesome." As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot with white flowers from his coat pocket, and was about to hand it over, but the post chief held him down first, and lamented: "I don't know if my head will move this time, and I don't bother to pull you on your back, so you can do it yourself in the future." ”

The guide is obviously the consul of the inner house, the position is not low, otherwise there is no way to take out a silver ingot, I have seen a lot of scenes, I was shocked when I heard the words of the post chief, I hurriedly turned my head, and met the empty eyes of the post chief, oh no, it seems that this time we have to be beaten by the master, those bastards know all day long to pick and ask, and don't do anything at all, the master will fix me, I will take you out, damn it. The leader didn't get too involved in this matter, and said helplessly: "Why did the post chief touch his head and say?" When the post chief heard this, he raised his eyebrows, his eyes were full of mockery, and said: "I entered the water with my head closed, isn't touching my head like touching fish in the water?" The leader was not angry, smiled a little awkwardly, and without saying much, the two of them hurriedly walked to the city lord Shen Xin's reception room.

Xu Ping was originally an assassin and had a clear five senses, not to mention that these two were not martial artists, and they didn't have how to suppress their voices, so Xu Ping naturally took their conversation into his ears. Bureaucracy has a long history, and as long as there is a system, there is a problem with this, but just in time, I caught up. Xu Ping's heart was settled, and he followed leisurely.

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Pinyan Building is a four-storey building with carved railings and high eaves on the outside. There is a faint fragrance in the air, not a single floral scent, but dozens of aromas mixed together, bringing a new experience. The group of Haining Wangfu stopped in front of the door, and the attendant opened the curtain, bent down and said, "Master, Pinyanlou has arrived." A middle-aged man in the sedan chair was wearing a navy blue robe, sitting with a book, and when he heard this, he glanced at the crowded Pinyanlou and said: "The business of our palace Pinyanlou is really good. ”

The guard's face changed several times, he was not from Cao Zhengfeng's faction, but the two brothers were clearly and secretly, and everyone in the mansion who had a little thought also understood that the brothers and friends of the big family only really existed when they were young. At this time, Cao Zhengyu had already gotten off the sedan chair and stood at the door, with no expression on his face, but the mockery in his eyes betrayed his uncalm heart. "You stay, Wang Jing, you come with me. Cao Zhengyu waved his hand and walked forward, and a man in exquisite clothes next to the sedan chair bowed and followed.

Most of the people in the building are women, with colorful clothes and dazzling decorations, and the first floor is a special area for incense powder and perfume, where girls are skewering around from time to time, exchanging experiences with their companions on the matching of various scents. Some male customers accompany their female companions, and from time to time put the incense powder in their hands and hand it to the male partner's nose, "Is this manhui incense, fragrant?" Incense" "Then this hook incense, incense" "Incense" "So which one is better, this curvaceous incense or those two?" ......" The male companion looked embarrassed, and Cao Zhengyu also looked strange from next to them, aren't these scents almost the same?

Cao Zhengyu's master and servant walked up the stairs, and a few girls who went downstairs saw two big men walking up, and looked at them a little, they looked ordinary, except that the clothes were better, and no one recognized them when they threw them into the pile. Thinking like this in his heart, on the surface, he was still laughing and laughing, but he was a little quieter than the twitter and cheer on the second floor just now, and glanced at their master and servant from time to time, and exchanged ears as if they were discussing something, such as which of the two old men was more ordinary, or the relationship between the two. Cao Zhengyu didn't know that the minds of this group of girls had turned ninety-nine turns, and walked up with their faces as usual, but their hearts were happy, some people paid attention, and their vanity was greatly satisfied. Wang Jing noticed that the old man suddenly straightened up, and sighed slightly in his heart, it is good that the old man is happy and angry, but he is a little narcissistic, these girls' eyes can't be hidden, how can there be any love, alas.

After a while, the master and servant came to the main floor on the fourth floor, the corridor was covered with a thin blanket, and the feet were soft, as if stepping on the soft grass, and the wooden wall on the side did not know what was brushed with a slight luster, and the fresh air of walking into the corridor came to the face. "It's a thing to enjoy. Cao Zhengyu sighed, walked forward, came to a door with a wooden sign of the consul general, pushed the door and entered.