After a while, a barge approached from the dock, saying that it would take a long time to unload the cargo, and that it could pick up some people to go ashore first. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Xing'er said that this is Sulama's usual practice, and the two do not waste time.

"The reason why Sulama has been far more popular with merchant ships than other cities in recent years is not only because of its convenient location, but also because of its good governance, which is praised by the people. ”

"Then the history of thorns here is amazing!" Li Bing followed behind Li Youfu, also got off the barge, turned around to help Xing'er, and took her to the barge.

Both of them speak Chinese, and they don't shy away from it in the realm of Zhenla: "Actually, this has nothing to do with the previous assassins." Sulama's defense, commerce, and even taxes were all run by a local family, whom we called the city lords. And the 'Assassin History' is actually just a fictitious title sent by the imperial court. ”

Li Bing, Anzi, Li Youfu, Xu, Rimai, Puyuan, Xing'er, and Tida all boarded the barge, leaving a few others on the merchant ship to wait for unloading. Apricot carries a burden with her and hugs it tightly to her chest. The "Twelve Pictures of the Immortals" must be in it.

"Oh, doesn't the imperial court care?" After all, he was born in the royal family, and Li Bing was somewhat wary of this phenomenon of local governance being greater than imperial power.

Not only did it not matter, but the court also appreciated it very much. When the old patriarch of the 'Shan' family was alive, although he monopolized all the power of Sulama, he was still polite to the 'court officials', and he did not exceed his duty when he was regulated. Later, the new patriarch succeeded him, and the court even married the princess to show that he had no suspicion. ”

Li Bing nodded slightly when he listened, but said in his heart: "If there is no suspicion, I will not use such a method as harmony." When Princess Wencheng got married, it was the same reason. ”

"The Bundan family is very respected in Surama. Xing'er clenched the cloth bag in hand tighter: "Actually, this time, we went to Lu Zhenla to buy the "Immortal Map", which was also caused by the new patriarch of the Wendan family, 'Wendan Val'. ”

"Oh?" The few people had been listening to the conversation between Li Bing and Xing'er, and when they talked about this, they couldn't help but shout.

"The reason why Sulama is so prosperous is because the rules of the Wendan family are very strict and strictly followed. One of them is: in the port, theft is strictly prohibited, and violators will have their hands cut off immediately. After Xing'er finished speaking, she glanced ahead, and the land was close in front of her.

The barge docked, and the little official tied the cable and put on the sampan, so that Li Bing and his party went ashore one after another. The shore was crowded and noisy. It took a lot of effort to make Li Bing and Xing'er talk.

"I asked Tida to take you to dinner and rest first, and I need to go to Wendan Mansion immediately to ransom my brother. ”

"It's okay to do this, if I could, I would also like to see what the Wenshan family is like. "Xu He is willing to go with him.

Apricot leaned over to Tita and said a few words in real wax dialect. Tita nodded, and walked to the front to lead the way.

"My mother died very early, and I ran with my father when I was very young. At that time, the younger brother was too young to withstand the wind and waves, and was fostered at a relative's house. Due to perennial neglect of discipline, my younger brother got to know some unruly people, often stealing, and his father disciplined him many times, but it was all in vain.

In the past, he stole things in the city, and if he was caught, he would be given a board, and he would be released after being locked up for ten days and a half at most. Speaking of this, An Zi glanced at Li Bing, and the two of them looked at each other, and they both smiled knowingly. In the early years of Anzi, it is estimated that he was not beaten less, or he would not have "not beaten himself" when he saw Li Bing for the first time.

"But the dock is regarded as the lifeblood of the Wendan family, and the rules are even stricter. The younger brother and a few others were blindfolded, and actually started the idea of a cargo ship, and in the middle of the night, taking advantage of the fact that there were only a small number of 'coastal guards' on the dock, they stole spices from a ship. After they succeeded, before they could sell the spices again, the coastal defense forces found out. My father and I also waited for the coastal defense army to break into the door before we realized that my brother was so bold. ”

As they spoke, several people had already walked to the city gate. The gate was slightly different from the walls of the original hall in that it seemed to be thinner and lower, and instead of gray bricks, it was made of brown adobe. On both sides of the central gate, there are four water gates on the left and right, all of which are closed at the moment. The doorway is not high, and it can only accommodate a small boat to pass by.

Tida stepped forward to negotiate with the officials guarding the door first, and from time to time he turned back and pointed at Li Bing and the others. The group also wanted to follow, but was stopped by the soldiers first.

Xing'er continued: "I thought that my younger brother was going to have his hands cut off, but who knew that the coastal defense actually said that stealing merchant ships at night would be punished by beheading. My father was so scared that he had a stroke and couldn't get out of bed. Later, Tita remembered that some time ago in the port of Luzhenla, I heard that someone wanted to make a move on the news of "The Twelve Pictures of the Immortals", although I didn't know whether it was true or not, but I could only try my best.

We went to the housekeeper of the Wendan Mansion, and the steward sent a message and said, 'The city lord said that if we can get back the Twelve Pictures of the Immortals, we will take the credit and no longer pursue this matter.' Thereupon...... And that's what you know later. ”

"What is the "Twelve Pictures of the Immortals", it sounds like which city lord has coveted this thing for a long time. Anzi asked, and in the distance, Tida beckoned to everyone, signaling everyone to enter the city.

The two rows of guards on the left and right of the city gate are all green armor, slightly short, and dark-skinned. When Rimai passed through it, it really stood out from the crowd.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the port, the city is much cleaner, and the houses are far less dense than Chang'an City. The houses are also mainly earthen slope houses, and brick houses and wooden houses can be seen occasionally.

"Actually, this thing is not something that the city lord has coveted for a long time, it should have been Shui Zhenla. When the old city lord was still there, he sent someone to ask for it once, but Lu Zhenla didn't give it, and he rarely heard of this thing after that. ”

"Legend has it that two hundred years ago, there was a big mountain in the place where Sulama City was located, which was occupied by demon beasts. The people in the vicinity were harassed unspeakably, and one day a god passed by, and even the mountain with the monster was removed. When the old fairy left, he left twelve pages of hand-drawn pictures, saying that he was left behind.

In the early years, when the water and land Zhenla were not divided, there was an ancestral hall dedicated to the "Twelve Pictures of the Immortals", but it was in the territory of Lu Zhenla now. Later, the land and water were divided, and although the ancestral hall was rebuilt in the city of Sulama, the "Twelve Pictures of the Immortals" could not be returned. ”

The further you go, the more people on the street slowly increase, and most of the houses along the way have a yard, and many of them are stacked with goods. It seems that there are a lot of people who have set up a business to do business.

From a distance, I saw a bluestone wall in the distance, which was magnificent.

"That's the mansion of the Wendan family!" Seeing the magnificence, Pu Yuan said: "It's really magnificent, it's going to catch up with Brother Li's house!"

Xing'er glanced at Li Bing with surprise, and smiled awkwardly at Li Bing.

"This is the garden of the Wendan family, but the Wendan family does not live here. This is the summer retreat place that the old city lord repaired for the successive court officials, and it will be renovated every year. Xing'er pointed to another mansion in the distance, which was also bluestone-walled: "That's the Wendan family's house." ”

Although the exterior walls are very similar in style and materials, the paint color of the Wendan Mansion is not so bright in comparison, and it seems that the scale of the house is smaller than that of the summer garden.

The gate of Wendan Mansion was open, and there were two small officials standing at the door, both of whom were clothed and had no armor, not court soldiers, but just government soldiers.

Tita stepped forward first, the government soldiers stopped him, and after explaining two sentences, the government soldiers pointed to Li Bingyi and asked twice, and Tita nodded again and again. Another soldier said, "Mei rent." He turned around and went into the mansion.

After a while, an old man came out of the mansion. Xing'er said in a low voice: "This person is the housekeeper of Wendan Mansion. ”

The butler led Tita straight to Apricot and whispered a few words. Xing'er replied and said to everyone: "Lord Wendan went out of the city to inspect today, and I don't know when I will come back." The housekeeper let us come back tomorrow. ”

As he spoke, a tall white horse galloped from the other side of the street. The man on the horse tightened his grip on the reins. The white horse's front hooves were raised high, and it came to a steady stop in front of Wendan Mansion. The two soldiers guarding the door hurriedly came up and took the reins.

The young man is tall, dressed in white, and his hair is tied in green silk. It's just a step off the horse, and it already makes people feel elegant.

"He's Wendanvar. ”