Xie Jiang has been in Tanzhou for six years, but he has never been to Tanzhou City, and it was not until these two years that he occasionally had the opportunity to follow Brother Xiaowu to Xiangchu Street in front of the currency gate outside Tanzhou City. Xie Jiang himself didn't have time to hang out, and no one had taken him into Tanzhou City. Every time he passed by the high city walls, the gate covered with iron nails, and the two stone lions guarding the gate with their heads held high, Xie Jiang longed to go into the city to have a look. I heard that the dignitaries and nobles in Tanzhou live in the city, Tanzhou City is extremely prosperous, as long as you can imagine anything, there are all here, everyone wants to live in the city, even the golden fat man who knows everything in Tanzhou City is looking forward to living in the city, but he is just doing business in the city, and he still has to return to his home at the foot of the mountain at night.

The gate of Tanzhou was very strictly guarded, and it began ten years ago, that is, five years before Xie Jiang arrived in Lushan County. The previous dynasty was in turmoil, the country was no longer a country, and there was a situation of feudal kings in various places, and the general Ma Wangye dominated Tanzhou City, but it was also regarded as ensuring the safety of the 24 provinces in southern Hunan. Ten years ago, the new imperial court in the northern Central Plains was afraid of the power of the 24 provinces in southern Hunan and named Ma Wang Ye as the king of Chu. However, Ma Wangye is a loyal person, and he still watches over the previous dynasty, he feels that it is not a good thing to be the king of the new dynasty, so he has stepped up his precautions against Tanzhou City, and it is not easy to live in Tanzhou City now. Listening to the old master of Huangfu, this Tanzhou city has not been war-free for decades, and the people are also living and working in peace and contentment.

The next day, the fog besieged the city, and the rain had stopped for several days, and by noon the sun came out, sweeping away the fog, and the mountains and rivers were exceptionally clear. Xie Jiang finished his private school and ran to Linjiang Building early. The three idlers are really too idle, it's still yesterday's table, the two are napping, and they don't want to go out and walk around on such a good day. Brother Xiao Wu also mixed in with it, drinking tea with You Xiyun and the two of them, Xie Jiang was a little curious, although these two people were of the same age, they always felt that they were not the same kind of people, what would they say. There are no guests in the Linjiang Building now, and Xie Jiang also sat down to drink tea. When Lu He and Caihua saw Xie Jiang coming back, they immediately became interested.

"Let's go to Furong Mansion later, will you go?" asked Xie Jiang with great interest.

Why did this girl change her plan, and she was desperately shouting not to go yesterday!

"You can go with us too," Brother Xiao Wu saw that Xie Jiang was looking at him, and immediately said to Xie Jiang.

"Oh, okay, where is Furong Tower in Tanzhou City?" Xie Jiang asked pretendedly.

"Hahaha, Xiao Er, I haven't been in Tanzhou City, hum, I haven't seen the world," Cai Hua understood as soon as he heard it.

"I've been in Tanzhou for so long, and I haven't been in the city," You Xiyun said.

"Second Brother You, I can't blame you, you came from out of town, didn't you come to Tanzhou for a long time!" ”

"The eldest lady who lives in Tanzhou City, then you said that Furong Tower is in Tanzhou City?" Lu He couldn't get used to it.

"I, I haven't been, but I know it's in Westside. ”

"Cut, it's not that I don't know. ”

"I don't know, didn't I say that it was in Xicheng?"

"Everyone in Xicheng knows it. ”

"Hmph, I'll just go to Tanzhou City and ask casually. ”

The two of them didn't stop talking.

In the evening, with Brother Xiaowu leading the team, the five of them entered Tanzhou City, and they found Furong Tower by asking casually. The Furong House is the tallest building on Shang Sanjiu Street where it is located, and the three-storey attic stands on the side of this street with a gold-rimmed plaque with the words 'Furong First Floor'. On the red pillar in front of the court, it was written, 'Yingying Yanyan skillfully makes heroes happy, Qingqing and I understand the sorrow of scholars'. Under the terrace, the four willow trees are lined up, and their stretched branches caress with the breeze, as if beckoning to every passerby.

Most of the places on Sanjiu Street are fragrant and glamorous, and there are also some rouge jewelry shops, clothing and cloth shops, etc., as well as teahouses. Walking on this street, slowly, Xie Jiang and the others realized their shabbyness, only Brother Xiaowu was still dressed neatly and decently. You Xiyun has been out for so long, and the white robe on his body is no longer white. Xie Jiang, Lu He, and Cai Hua are all blue cloth clothes, and there are patches on them, which feel not much better than beggars. The boys on the street are all dressed in brocade clothes, and the women are all glamorous, and the eyes of several of them are straight.

When I arrived at the Furong Building, it was still relatively early, and there were not many people walking around in front of the Furong Building. Xie Jiang and the others saw that there was a teahouse opposite the Furong Building, and they didn't know what to do when they ran in so early, so it was better to go into the teahouse and drink tea to see the situation. So the group found a seat in the teahouse, and also looked at the flow of people on Sanjiu Street, as well as what kind of people were the guests who went to Furong Building. Looking at it, several people were drumming in their stomachs, and they were really out of place with them!

When the sun went down, Xie Jiang and their teahouse were lit with oil lamps, but the Furong Building opposite was brightly lit. Four dressed girls greeted guests in front, and two people in strong costumes were also watching people outside. There were a lot of people here at night, and some of them came by sedan chair or horseback, but there were no women. Everyone is smiling when they go in, and occasionally scholars come out of it, and it is as if their souls are lost inside.

Xie Jiang and the five of them sat for a long time, drank tea in the teahouse, and ate some snacks. In the end, Lu He stood up, "Let's go, let's go in!"

No one spoke, and there was no intention of standing up to leave, several people looked at each other, and everyone had their own thoughts.

"I'm not going, I'm going back to see the business of Linjiang Building!" Xiao Wu said.

Everyone looked at Brother Xiao Wu, probably not believing that he would not go in.

"I'm not going either, you don't want to go either, Second Brother You, this place is not a good place at first glance," Cai Hua said.

"Xie Jiang, what about you?" Lu He could only ask Xie Jiang.

"I'll go back to Linjiang Tower with Brother Xiaowu," Xie Jiang replied.

"What's wrong with you? Don't you even go in when you come?"

"Then let's go back together!" Second Brother You also said.

"Brother Wu, go in and have a look, it's all here," Lu He wanted to pester Brother Wu.

"Go away, let's go back, and when the city gate is about to close, we won't be able to go back," said the painter a little happily.

"Didn't we all say yes?"

"It's just that you promised them, but the second brother didn't promise them. ”

A few people had to rush back along the same road, and today, have you given a few small guts to the dog?