"Build a city to defend the king, and build a country to defend the people. ”

In the early period of the Chinese people, the resources are scarce, the hierarchy is strict, the city wall is mainly based on earth ramming, so the area of the city will not be very large, the inner city is called "city" by building a high wall, it is the place where the king and the magnate live, and the outer city is called "Guo" by building a low wall, which means the place where the people live.

Later, the Huaxia people gradually developed and expanded, the territory continued to expand, the population continued to increase, and the kings of various countries had to distribute part of the power in their hands again in order to consolidate the imperial power and maintain their rule.

As the capital of the Song Kingdom, Jinling City also built an independent imperial city and a palace city in the inner city, which were not open to ordinary people.

At the same time, the imperial city is also the place where the emperor, the crown prince, the concubine and the minor prince and the princess live, and the former queen concubine with the honorific title will also live in the imperial city, and some adult princes who are particularly favored and have not married the main concubine will also be allowed to live in the imperial city.

The palace city is a special city that guards the imperial city and provides various services and life guarantees for the imperial city, and the four battalions and eight guards under the direct command of the emperor are stationed in the palace, forming a protective barrier outside the imperial city.

The "Twenty-four Yamen" that specialize in serving the imperial city are also in the palace, such as the Huanyi Bureau, the imperial dining room, the imperial family outer treasury, etc., and there are some gardens and lakes for the royal family to visit in the palace.

The main occupants of Miyagi were adult princes and princesses who did not have fiefs outside of Jinling Prefecture, important members of the clan, nobles with titles of marquis and above, civil officials of the third rank and above in the court, military attachés of the second rank and above, and high-ranking generals of the garrison forces, all of whom were important figures of the dynasty.

The nineteen princes have not married the concubine so far, and originally wanted to use this reason to continue to rely in the imperial city, but five years ago, the current Song Emperor ordered all adult unmarried princes to move out of the imperial city, and the nineteen princes had to move out of the imperial city with those princes, and built a new prince's mansion in the northeast corner of the palace.

It is a little difficult for ordinary people like Tianhuo who have no foundation and a clear origin to enter the inner city of Jinling, let alone enter the palace to meet the nineteen princes in person, which is more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Emperor Song has the Zhao royal family and the Daluo faction behind the support of the two cultivation forces, and has absolute authority in Jinling City, Tianhuo can only follow the contact method taught by Li Cheng before, and only send the news that he has arrived in Beijing into the palace of the Nineteen Princes in the palace.

Tianhuo waited patiently for two days before getting a reply, and the Nineteenth Prince was only available to summon Tianhuo on November 28, and Tianhuo slandered the inefficient belly of the royal family.

On November 27th, Tianhuo had to take out the waist card for entering Miyagi according to the instructions of the liaison, without these things, Tianhuo would not be able to get close to Miyagi.

Because it was a secret joint, Tianhuo did not bring gray kites and green oxen, nor did it disturb Wanfeng, who would sleep until three poles in the sun every day.

As soon as the time arrived, Tianhuo went out of the Vientiane Building alone, at this time Yuhua Lane has begun to be lively, all the shops have been opened, but there are still relatively few customers, the guys in the shops will come out to clean the market in front of their homes, and the shopkeeper stands at the door of his house and the shopkeeper of other adjacent shops greet each other.

It has been four days since Tianhuo came to Yuhua Lane, and he has not been abandoned in the past four days, visiting almost every shop in Yuhua Lane, and getting to know the owners or shopkeepers of most of the shops here.

His gentle and jade temperament, gentle and elegant conversation and humble attitude make everyone who comes into contact with him feel like a spring breeze, and unconsciously like this teenager, many people seem to have forgotten that this teenager has just come to Yuhua Lane.

Tianhuo walked slowly in Yuhua Alley, and there were too many people who greeted him, including a young man who sprinkled and cleaned, a shopkeeper with gray hair, and a proprietress who still had charm, looking at their attitude towards Tianhuo, as if Tianhuo was a child who grew up in Yuhua Alley.

Tianhuo has a warm smile on his face, patiently giving everyone a return salute, and his response can always make the other party feel warm in their hearts, in exchange for a good mood for the day.

Wanfeng has come out with Tianhuo twice before, and feels that he has been deeply hurt, obviously he is a child who grew up in Yuhua Lane, why did he become the master of "people hate dogs", everyone looks at him as if they see a lump of indecent things, and when they look at an outsider who has just arrived Tianhuo, it is like seeing their own sons and nephews.

So now, when Wanfeng takes Tianhuo out to play, they all go out of Yuhua Lane separately and then converge to avoid repeated injuries.

The gray kite and the green ox have become numb to this phenomenon, and in the past, on the way of training, the charm of the master was not so strong, and the main object of influence was limited to women, but now it has become a common eater for men, women and children.

The most hateful thing is that even the cats and dogs raised by the neighborhood are flattering to the master, whether they are short-tempered or arrogant pets, after seeing Tianhuo, it is like seeing their own king, putting down all kinds of postures and becoming extremely gentle and obedient.

After Tianhuo walked out of Yuhua Alley, the half of the street he passed through became different, as if there was a lot more vitality and vitality, and everyone became energetic and energetic.

Tianhuo quickened his pace, and his originally faintly glowing body quickly dimmed, although his appearance did not change much, but after reining in that kind of brilliance, he was at best a handsome young man, but he was not as dazzling as just now, and his attraction to outsiders was greatly reduced.

The place where Tianhuo is going is the Confucius Temple, which is located in the Gongyuan Street of Qinhuaifang in the inner city of Jinling, adjacent to the Jinling Gongyuan, which is a place to worship and worship Confucianism, one of the four major Confucian temples in China, a place for the cultural hub of the Chinese people, and a place where Jinling history and humanities gather.

The Qinhuai River in the four waters of Jinling surrounds the Confucius Temple, and the Confucius Temple together form a beautiful scenery, and at the same time forms the largest traditional mobile market in the Song Dynasty here, and Yuhua Lane is called the two must-go places in Jinling.

It is also a place with a strong commercial atmosphere, but there is still a big difference between Confucius Temple and Yuhua Lane, Yuhua Lane is dominated by fixed shops, while Confucius Temple is dominated by mobile vendors, and the goods are very complementary to each other.

This is the second time Tianhuo has come to the Confucius Temple, he came to the Confucius Temple in the afternoon of the day he came to Jinling City, and left a secret note asking to see the Nineteen Princes next to the stone fence next to the Panchi Pond, and then left, and did not stay here too long.

Later, someone went to Vientiane Building to leave the letterhead of today's contact method at the shopkeeper of Vientiane Building and left, and Tianhuo did not see the messenger.

Tianhuo didn't know why the Nineteenth Prince made an ordinary meeting so mysterious, so he was even more curious and wanted to explore the secrets of the royal family in the capital.

Today's Confucius Temple is still lively in front of it, the visitors are weaving, the crowds are crowded, all kinds of stalls selling goods are placed from the Confucius Temple to the Qinhuai River, but they are not messy at all, and they seem to be very scattered.

Many men in black shirts with a three-foot-two-inch long wooden stick pinned to the back of their waists walked around the neighborhood, they were the maintainers of order in this area, and they were the disciples of one of the largest gangs in Jinling City, the Black Tiger Gang, and without their presence, the order here would not be so good.

Tianhuo didn't know these men, the first time he came to the Confucius Temple was not much, he just rushed by, and didn't take a good look here, it was still early from the agreed time, Tianhuo decided to visit here.

The stall in front of the Confucius Temple has daily necessities, food and pastries, toys and antiques, needles and threads, there is simply everything, Tianhuo felt a little dizzy, he turned around aimlessly for a while, and finally spent two pennies to buy a rock sugar gourd and hold it in his hand.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tianhuo walked towards Kuixing Pavilion with the sugar gourd in his hand, and the other party agreed with him to meet in front of Kuixing Pavilion, the other party was dressed as a fortune teller, and he was holding a rock sugar gourd that ate two, so that the two sides could recognize each other.

Walking to the front of Kuixing Pavilion, Tianhuo was stunned, not that the other party did not appear, but that there were at least twenty or thirty fortune tellers here, with Taoist clothes, casual clothes, bright clothes, worn-out patches of clothes, servants and children who brought their own tables and chairs, and those who walked around alone holding fortune-telling flags.

No matter how poisonous Tianhuo's eyes are, he can't find out who wants to connect with him from these people, he wants to see some clues from the eyes of these fortune tellers, but at this time, there are not many tourists in front of Kuixing Pavilion, and suddenly a new tourist comes, almost every fortune teller looks at Tianhuo, his eyes are shining, there is longing, greed, and envy, and he can't judge who is the connector at all.

Tianhuo looked at the sugar gourd in his hand, and then he understood why the other party would propose such a childish joint token, he picked up the sugar gourd and bit off the two hawthorns hatefully, chewed a few times and swallowed it, and found that his depressed mood calmed down a lot.

"This son, I see that you have a handsome face and extraordinary instruments, and you have the image of being rich and noble!"

"Childe, your sword eyebrows pierce the clouds, your nose is like a gall, and your cheeks are red, and you have the joy of red luan recently!"

"Young man, you are hanging the bell upside down and your tone is around your neck, but you came to ask about Wenyun's future?"

“......”

Hula surrounded seven or eight fortune tellers, surrounded the heavenly fire, all kinds of compliments and words poured over like money, most of these fortune tellers have not opened today, and they all hope that the heavenly fire can calculate a hexagram here in their own place, so as to fight for an opening lottery.

These fortune tellers quarreled around Tianhuo for a long time, and no one could talk to Tianhuo first, when an elderly fortune teller said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, let this son choose who to tell his fortune." ”

Everyone really quieted down, staring at Tianhuo together to see how he decided.

Tianhuo was stared at by so many people, and his face was a little red and said: "Gentlemen, Xiaosheng really has something to ask here, and I hope you will give me advice." ”

All the fortune tellers nodded in unison, ready to listen to him.

Tianhuo paused for a moment, and his cheeks turned even redder: "Xiao Sheng ate more before going out in the morning, and I feel unbearable pain in my abdomen when I come here, and I hope that kind uncle and eldest brother will point out if there is a toilet nearby." ”

"Cut!" all the fortune tellers knew that they had been tricked by this harmless young man, and they all brushed their sleeves away, and no one pointed him to the toilet.

Tianhuo pretended to scream twice, these fortune tellers ran faster, Tianhuo looked at their departing backs with a smile, and touched the belt on his waist, where there was already a square and hard thing, and a folded letterhead.

Tianhuo looked at Kui Xing Pavilion in the distance and muttered, "Is it necessary to be so mysterious?"