Chapter 167: Meeting the Dead in Flower Street and Willow Lane
"Venerable, this rain is indeed much lighter, let's go to the capital together, you wait for us. The disciples of the Meishan faction shouted after the horses.
The avenue is facing the sky, if Di Yunfeng clearly does not associate with these famous and decent families, then the Venerable demeanor will inevitably be frustrated, and he can only slow down and wait for the arrival of the first group of people behind.
"Venerable, we have one more raincoat here, can you put it on?" The leading senior brother and Di Yunfeng were side by side, and they also had a raincoat of your soft material in hand, which was very valuable.
The rain was so heavy that Di Yunfeng was already drenched below his knees, and he shook his head: "After all, you can't get wet in this place, and you can't dry your raincoat in a wet place." I used this raincoat for no avail. ”
"His Holiness is reasonable! It's the younger generation who is ignorant. The leading senior brother hurriedly took back the raincoat, and gave Di Yunfeng a slight salute, and said with great gratitude: "Junior Lu Yan, behind him are all junior brothers and sisters of the Meishan faction, from Weizhou to the capital to visit the Wanmen Sect Kagura. The ancestors of Meishan had some grievances with the Huang family in the capital in the past, and after hundreds of years of no intersection, they thought that the grievances had faded, and who knew that the Huang family deliberately caused trouble with the power of the head snake. The younger brothers and sisters have never seen the bloody rivers and lakes, and they thought that they were besieged by the enemy and thought that they were in a catastrophe, who knew that they met the Venerable Lord to draw a sword to help, and the younger generation was not qualified to thank the Venerable One, and when they returned to the mountain gate in the coming day, they must explain this matter with the master and the master, and the family teacher and the head of the family will definitely come to the door to thank them in person!"
Di Yunfeng didn't care about these grateful polite words, he suddenly heard the word Kagura, and asked, "What are you doing in Kagura?"
Lu Yan couldn't help but be surprised: "Doesn't His Holiness know such a big thing in the rivers and lakes?
"Oh......" Di Yunfeng really forgot, in fact, compared to other major events, who abdicates and succeeds to the throne is really nothing, nobles forget a lot of things, and what they forget is all small things. He asked, "When did Liu Fusu resign as the head of the house?"
"It seems to be a month and a half ago," Lu Yan sighed faintly: "Recently, rumors have been spreading in the rivers and lakes, is it really going to be a war with the fairy world?" He asked Di Yunfeng again: "Venerable, you are one of the top ten masters of the imperial court, do you know the reason?"
Di Yunfeng was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "It's okay for me to tell you, but the imperial court has an order that anyone who leaks secrets will be punished heavily, and anyone who steals secrets will be killed." ”
Lu Yan hurriedly covered his mouth, his head shook like a rattle, and he hesitated: "Venerable, don't say it, the juniors shouldn't ask, and they don't know anything." ”
Di Yunfeng held back a smile, and it felt really bad to occasionally put on an official show, no wonder so many people have sharpened their heads and drilled into the court throughout the ages, overriding power is equivalent to overriding money, and there are women who can't finish driving money......
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Fifty miles in the wind and rain, after walking out of the restaurant, riding a horse for nearly half an hour, finally stepped on the frank and swinging white mud road, the rain washed the avenue very clean, people look comfortable, and the horses run happily.
There are specially pulled up roadblocks and thorns at the intersection of Baini Road, and there are several housekeeper tents on the side of the road, regardless of entering and exiting, you have to go to the roadside inspection office to register the cause and fall, after all, it is the capital of the country, and the public security is strict and orderly, which is normal.
"I have been to the capital once, as long as we get on this white mud avenue, even if we step into the capital, no family will dare to kill people in it, otherwise we will be arrested by the guards of the capital, and we will all deal with it according to law!" Lu Yan pointed to the registration office under the barracks, a little puzzled: "In previous years, I have never seen a ...... for the registration of fortification at the intersection."
"His Holiness is not from the capital, he must know the meaning of fortification here. ”
"Oh, now that the world is so chaotic, it must be to prevent some madmen from entering the city to spare the security, and there are still disciples guarding the gate in our mountain gate. ”
To put it mildly, Di Yunfeng is also a dirt bun, he has been in Zhenwu for decades, either to the torture hall or to the battlefield, and the largest city he has ever been to is still the gloomy Liangcheng...... In the capital, in the eyes of outsiders, even the beggars in the capital are richer than the people in other places.
"Lao Tzu is also here to be a native of the capital!" Di Yunfeng secretly said proudly, and said to the group of Meishan disciples behind him: "Go! I'll take you to register! No search!"
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The four major gates around the capital, the checkpoints, intersections, and stations are all guarded by the Praetorian Guard, and the commander of the Praetorian Army is Yu Han, who gave Di Yunfeng the "Qilin Crest". Yu Han is not a matter of force, character, talent, or appearance...... Not to mention perfect, it is not an exaggeration to praise it as perfect and nine beautiful, under the command of such a person, it is really difficult to have shortcomings in the Liangcheng forbidden army, which can be described as superb quality, loyal to duty, iron-faced selfless, and unkind......
Eight points were set up on the Baini Avenue, two separate paths were set up with tables and chairs, pen and ink, three forbidden soldiers sat on the inside to monitor the records, and five forbidden troops verified and inspected at the front of the pass. The eight Praetorian guards were all above the vital line, and there was a faint breath of a true martial arts master in the camp behind them.
No matter how arrogant the disciples are, they must honestly dismount and check, this is the rule, the rule set by the court.
Don't say that the heavy rain continues, and there are really a lot of people waiting in line for inspection, especially those dart teams, he will account for eighty if the long queue is 100 zhang!
"If you wait like this, you will definitely miss the stay, hey, Brother Bing, can you hurry up, my eight truckloads of goods are sent by the Huo family, and the things in them are definitely very valuable, and if you miss the sky, it is a taboo in the world!"
I heard another dart head say: "My ten truckloads of goods are personally supervised by the Lin family's chief manager, and I deliberately told them to be delivered to Weicheng after half a month, and I can't delay for a quarter of an hour!"
"If you want me to say that you darts walkers will put aside for the time being, every time you come in a batch, you will have to block the big guys for a long time. ”
"Yes, yes, there are many rules and regulations for the goods, and it is not anywhere else outside the capital, are you still afraid that there will be bandits robbing your goods?"
"Don't say it, there have been a lot of caravans that have been robbed, killed, robbed, and swept away in the Honglin area recently!"
"Phew! Whoever doesn't line up for a first-come, first-served come? Lao Tzu's money dart is a thousand-year-old brand, how many times has something happened?"
"Don't be too happy, you only know when you are robbed, now the world is so chaotic, and you have too many things in your car. ”
"What the hell do you mean by saying this? If it weren't for Brother Bing here, I'd stab you to death! Alarmist, you dare to say a curse in front of my Humen dart game?"
"What? You still dare to do it in public, don't you? Is the gossip stick in my hand a vegetarian?"
"Boy, you can grow enough, wait until you get out of the city and find a place to practice alone......?
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There are hundreds of people of all kinds, although the big guys are noisy, but the team is neatly arranged, Di Yunfeng led the horse to stand under the shanty, drinking wine and sheltering from the rain while waiting, while listening to these people talk about the rivers and lakes, it is not a pleasure.
Soon, the two road ragepers of the Dragon Gate Dart and the Money Dart were released in turn, and there were mostly small carriages and horses in the back row, and the guards glanced at them and let them go, and they couldn't find a name for themselves after inspection, so they were not allowed to bring knives and swords?
In this way, the long dragon team had quickly checked the tail, and Di Yunfeng saw that it was his turn, so he led the horse to sit down in front of the desk table with his toes high, and the disciples of the Meishan Sect stood behind him respectfully, waiting for the name to be recorded.
The three guards in front of the seat each looked at Di Yunfeng, then looked at each other and made eye contact, and finally the middleman faced each other and asked in a deep voice: "Are you from Tsing Yi Building?"
Di Yunfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled faintly: "Although the leader of Tsing Yi Lou is my good friend, I am not from Tsing Yi Lou. ”
"You'd better not be from Tsing Yi Lou, otherwise we will focus on marking you on this roster, and you will be followed in the future for anything you do in the city," the guard pointed at the booklet in front of the table with his finger, picked up a pen, glanced at Di Yunfeng twice, and said coldly: "My information will be recorded by me-" He dipped it in ink and asked:
"Name. ”
"Yu Han. ”
Everyone present was dumbfounded, the face of the guard who was in charge of the pen turned faintly dark, and he held back his anger: "I can treat you as a joke, but if you dare to say another nonsense, I will cut off your tongue!"
Di Yunfeng shrugged his shoulders fearlessly, and said bitterly: "I'm just joking with you, besides, I haven't finished my words yet, I'm a friend of Yu Han." ”
"Smack!" the guard slammed the table, angrily pointing at Di Yunfeng and was about to scold, at this time, a figure flashed out of the camp tent behind, pressed the guard's shoulder, and said: "Dare to open your mouth and close your mouth to call the Commander Daimyo and call him a friend, either you are a madman, or something is true." ”
Di Yunfeng straightened his hat, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Do you think I look like a madman?"
The person who came looked like a tiger, his eyes were as big as a leader, although he looked unsatisfactory, but his stern appearance really had an inexplicable cuteness, strong internal strength, strong martial arts, and he was a real master of the real martial arts realm. He asked Di Yunfeng again: "You said that you are a friend of Commander Yu, do you have something to prove?"
"I'm afraid I'll scare you when I take it out!"
"You'd better take it out and scare us!"
Di Yunfeng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and put the "Moyu Qilin" on the table: "Do you recognize this thing?"
The guards who recognized this token were startled, where did they dare to sit, and quickly stood up, the real martial guards who looked like tigers blushed, and they were a little more cute, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and pleaded guilty: "My subordinates don't know that the commander of the micro-service has a private visit, please atone for your sins!"
"Since you know that I am a private visit to Weifu, then don't do this, how bad is it for others to know?" Di Yunfeng took back the Qilin, gave a thumbs up and pointed to the Meishan faction disciple behind him: "This group of juniors came to the capital not far from Weizhou, who knew that I met the enemy halfway to make trouble, but fortunately, I passed by to rescue him, and this time it can be regarded as a fate." Their enemy is the Yellow Gate in the capital, and I think the Huang family will definitely come to trouble them. He stopped before he could finish his words, and those who were officials did not need to finish their words at all.
"My subordinates understand," the tiger-like guard nodded in understanding, took out a blue list from the booklet, and greeted a group of Meishan disciples kindly: "You leave your names on this list, and I will send people to hand over to the secret guards and forbidden troops who protect the city, and they will protect you in secret, all the time." ”
"Thank you, Brother Bing, thank you, Your Holiness......" The disciples naturally expressed their gratitude inexhaustibly...... Di Yunfeng shook off the rain and dew drops on his robe, and got up to say goodbye: "I still have something to do, I'm one step ahead." ”
"Senior, aren't you waiting for us to be together?" Lu Yan stepped forward to see him off, inevitably reluctant.
Di Yunfeng nodded: "The imperial court guards are the phantoms of the night, with them inseparable, you will all be safe along the way." ”
Lu Yan knew that he couldn't keep people, and sighed lightly: "Then Venerable, you go slowly." ”
Di Yunfeng got on the horse, walked two steps and looked back and asked the guard, who looked like a tiger: "What's your name?"
The Praetorian Guard was silent, as if he had been waiting for Di Yunfeng to call his name, and now that he was fortunate to be greeted, he hurriedly replied: "The subordinate Deputy Lieutenant of the Black Tiger Praetorian Guard, Yang Zhong." ”
"Okay, I'll have you a drink. Di Yunfeng left a sentence and rode his horse towards the capital.
But it was often such an unintentional sentence that made Yang Zhong hold his lips inhibited, and tears filled his eyes with excitement, and he seemed to be more cute.
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When the spring rain stopped and I walked into the gate of the capital, the sky was quietly darkened at night.
The south gate of the capital is several times taller than Liangcheng, and the forbidden army guarding the gate gathers a total of one hundred and eight people, living on both sides of the gate, with a solemn and inviolable expression. After entering the city gate, you suddenly stepped into a new world, and the buildings in the capital are all high, round, full and gorgeous...... This must be the most ingenious craftsman in the world.
Sneaking into the night with the wind, thousands of lights are shining, even if there is a crispy light rain in the sky, it also hits the interest of the people of the capital at night. There are all kinds of snacks along the bustling avenue, often a few taels of silver can buy the whole street food, people will pick up some delicious snacks after dinner with oil paper umbrellas. There are not many outsiders in this city, and they don't look down on outsiders very much, so it is difficult for outsiders to take root in this city.
If Di Yunfeng changes into beautiful clothes, then he can also keep up with the trend of men in the capital, but he comes to the dust, he is not familiar with the place, and he does not have much money in his pocket, so he has to find a cheaper inn. He walked down the street in a cloak like this, and people avoided him when they saw him, for fear of being contaminated with the same qi and dirt.
"It is also said that the people of the capital are hospitable, not at all. Di Yunfeng sighed leisurely, his heart's expectations for the good city vanished, and he deeply disdained, if he appeared as a unicorn, he would be respected in this city, if he claimed to be a friend of Liu Fusu, he would definitely get a good reputation, if he had a friendship with Lin Huo's two sons, then no one dared to take money for eating and drinking on these streets...... "In this way, this is still a world that judges people by their appearance. He shook his head and smiled, this was the scene when he first entered the city, so how about going deeper?
I don't know how to go further inside, but one thing is for sure - it will cost money!
The more prosperous the area, the more obvious the class becomes, and such a class is invisible, and people consciously abide by it. For example, a bun outside the city only costs one penny, but if you go deeper into the city, you have to buy two to three pennies for the same size bun, if you go to the center of the city, obediently, a bun will cost ten pennies!
In this way, the people who eat a penny and a bun live on the outskirts of the city, and those who think they can afford to eat three cents live in the depths, while those rich people who have a lot of money eat and drink without asking the price, and they gather in the center of the city more because they are not in the company of the poor.
In this way, class naturally emerges in the side of the people.
Money is something outside the body, and it can't be taken with it when you are born, Di Yunfeng thought to himself that he had to leave the True Martial Kingdom anyway, and the immortal world would definitely not use gold and silver as currency, so what would he do with these broken copper and iron?
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The most central part of the capital is the imperial palace, whether rich or poor is the absolute forbidden area, from the palace to the outside is the residence of the imperial court officials, followed by the residence of the rich and famous, and then go out to be regarded as the area of gold and silver, the shops under the high-rise buildings are like, the avenue is vertical and horizontal under the traffic, the stars are shining under the lights, and the world is prosperous in one day.
Di Yunfeng rode a white horse, holding an oil-paper umbrella in one hand to cover the rain, holding the reins in the other hand and deliberately holding the exquisite butterfly knife in his hand, with a slight arrogance in his pleasant demeanor, he should raise his chin slightly when looking at people, and his eyes should be a little more critical when looking at things.
"Childe, a batch of new goods came in from Yingzhou in the building, and the water is very tender, do you want to try it?"
How can there be few brothels in Qinglou in prosperous areas? The old bustard, who went out to solicit customers, had very sharp eyes, and picked out those young men who were so rich when they looked at them and greeted them.
Di Yunfeng is not familiar with the local area, and he came to the flower street and willow lane as he walked, and there were many brothels in the whole street, filled with a strong erotic atmosphere, if it weren't for the obsession left by Qiqi in his heart too deep, he was really afraid that he couldn't hold back, this place could not go, with the first time, there was a second time, and over time, he would fall into the trap of ten thousand flowers, unable to extricate himself.
"What, you dare to buy a girl from Yingzhou?
"Yo, where did Xiao Nizi learn to visit the kiln, there are no male prostitutes in our house. ”
"If the old lady knew that this broken street was full of chickens, she wouldn't want to step in!"
"Little girl, who do you say is a chicken! We are all serious girls who don't sell their bodies!"
"What's the matter? I don't dare to admit what I'm doing? I still sell my body and don't sell my art, and I don't want to build a memorial arch to be a chicken? Chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken! Oh oh oh ......
"Okay Sisi, let's go quickly, don't make trouble......"
"Why go, why go, he bought our girls from Yingzhou, no! I want to redeem them!"
"Ah! Xiao Nizi is here to make trouble! Come on, catch this Nizi and lock it up, starve for a few days and then let you be a chicken!"
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Di Yunfeng didn't take a few steps forward before he heard a scolding from behind him, "That sound of being a chicken" really hurts the hearts of all the young ladies, how many of these girls who have fallen into the dust are voluntary? But his ears are not deaf, and his memory is good, did he accidentally hear someone shouting: "Sisi" two words, the accent is from the foot of Yingzhou Laoshan Mountain.
I didn't expect to meet the old man in Willow Lane, Flower Street.