Kyushu, China, is vast, and there are many, many places with a lot of fame, even if you have a hundred slaps, you can't count them.

But there is a small place that many ordinary people are familiar with, that is, Nanyang County in Nanyang Prefecture, also known as Wancheng.

Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table" begins with the words: "The ministers are clothed and ploughed in Nanyang." "That's the place.

Nanyang is referred to as "Wan", also known as Wancheng.

Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" refers to the "sending troops to Wanluo" from Jingzhou, using a blitzkrieg to take Nanyang, and then pointing directly at Luoyang and Kaifeng, and then chasing the Central Plains.

Nanyang is located in the southwest of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, and belongs to a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and opened in the south. It is named because it is located south of Funiu Mountain and north of Hanshui.

One hundred and fifty miles south of Nanyang is Xinye, and one hundred and fifty miles south of Xinye is Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is an important town of Jingzhou Prefecture, and it is also a strategic place and bridgehead in the Central Plains, so in the previous wars between the North and the South, Xiangyang was always in flames and could not be spared.

Zhuge Liang burned Xinye, Liu Xuande's army defeated Xiangyang, Yue's army shook the world, and Funiu Mountain attacked Jin Wushu.

All these allusions are related to a place name, that is, Nanyang.

Nanyang Mansion is now the seat of Tang King Zhu Shuoxi, and it is located in the north-south transportation artery of the country, so it is much more prosperous than other state capitals.

In order to reassure the imperial court about themselves, the Tang kings of the Ming Dynasty all believed in the art of Huang Lao, saying that they ruled by inaction and did not have the heart to peep into the country's heavy weapons.

Xiong Chu's target was not Nanyang, but Nanzhao County, one hundred and thirty miles north of Nanyang.

However, if you want to get to Nanzhao County, you have to go through Nanyang, so Xiong Chu took the third son and Han Bingru to Nanyang.

This was agreed between Luanchuan County and Pu Changnian, the young owner of Jiudao Villa, and it is also the only feasible two-way strategy at present.

Xiong Chu was responsible for the long-distance detour mission, so he bypassed Zhenping County at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, took two days to complete this part of the journey, and then entered the city through the south gate of Nanyang.

Now that the sun is in the west, it is already very nervous to rush to Nanzhao County during the day, and I am ready to rest in Nanyang tonight.

The main thing is to give the horses a good night's rest, because they don't know what will happen next, and it is likely that there will be no time to rest.

Nanyang is built by the mountains and rivers, and the whole shape is very unique.

It is as if a person's heart was placed on the ground, and based on this, a plum blossom array was built as a fortress for city defense.

According to ancient legends, Nanyang is the heart of the Central Plains, and if you get Nanyang, you can look down on the entire Central Plains.

It is precisely because of this strange shape that the streets in Nanyang City are twisting and turning, and outsiders can't figure out how to walk.

Nanyang City has four gates, Yanyi Gate in the east, Shuyang Gate in the south, Yong'an Gate in the west, and Bowang Gate in the north.

It was the first time for Xiong Chu to come here, and he was completely blinded.

Not to mention the third son, it is said that he has followed his grandfather three times, but each time he was dizzy in the city, and finally took the corner of his grandfather's clothes to get out.

Han Bingru had been around here once, but she didn't enter the city. It's a pity that I remember what the place where I rested was called Xuanmiaoguan, and the food in it was very good, but I can't say where it is.

Because the Tang kings and magnates of the past dynasties worshiped Taoism, the atmosphere of building or rebuilding palaces was particularly strong. In the past 100 years, 54 new palaces have been built in various parts of Nanyang, and for a time, "the Taoist wind is greatly vibrated and the Taoist people are popular".

Han Bingru only knew the name of a Taoist temple and asked several ordinary people, but unfortunately no one knew what it was talking about.

The three of them didn't know what was going on in Nanyang, so they could only ride blind horses and crash around.

In fact, they did not enter Nanyang City, but in the southwest corner of Nanzhai Dazhai Gate, because there are four big characters on the lintel.

The three horses belong to BMW, they are not blind at all, and the real blind are people, three people who don't understand anything.

Although he didn't understand anything, Prince Xiong knew that it was best not to go to the inner city, because it was the location of the prince.

Jianghu people carry swords on their backs, and their entry into the inner city will be restricted.

For example, he went to Luoyang City many times, but he did not enter the inner city. When he came to Nanyang today, he was also not ready to enter the inner city.

You don't have to go in, and you can't get in.

As soon as I walked to the street of Liuhe, I suddenly heard a gong to clean the street, and the street was suddenly empty, and everyone stood close to the walls on both sides of the street.

Prince Xiong was puzzled, so he casually asked the people around him: "Fellow, this is the Tang Palace, who dares to clean the street here, is there a court official coming down?"

"Childe is a foreigner who just arrived today, right?" An old man in ragged clothes saw that no one was making a sound, so he whispered: "This Tang King likes elegance, and usually sings and harmonizes with those literati. The last few days have been the birthday of King Tang, and there are many people coming. They have to go to Zhuge Lu every afternoon to make incense, and then do something to make a song and water flowing, and travel at night with candles. ”

Han Bingru said coldly: "The people of the world are hungry and cold, and the day is precarious. These princes and officials also spend all day in the wine pond and meat forest, looking for fun. really responded to a sentence: Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. If this continues, the common people will not be able to live at all. ”

"Ouch, I said you should be quiet, young lady. The person next to him hurriedly reminded: "Don't say this kind of rebellious words, otherwise you will be in big trouble." If you encounter an unscrupulous person who covets your beauty, runs to the government and complains about you, arrests you and beats you half to death, and then rewards you to the messenger, or acts as an official prostitute, you will be miserable. ”

Han Bingru still muttered in a low voice: "What kind of world is this, don't let people live, don't let people say it!"

Xiong Chu could only smile bitterly in his heart when he heard this: Legend has it that the White Lotus Sect is the most demagogic, and it is really not groundless, just a few words have already caused the emotions of the surrounding crowd to fluctuate. But what Miss Han said is also reasonable, no wonder she can incite the people to rebel.

At this point, a team of eight flag officers had already arrived in the north, followed by a team of thirty-six gold-armored guards.

After these two groups of people hula past, an eight-lift sedan chair appeared in people's sight.

Xiong Chu stretched his neck and looked forward, only to see Luo Juan's umbrella opening the way, followed by a large sedan chair, which was a germanium red sedan bar, an orange-red sedan chair top, covered with green man, and the gold ornaments and silver embroidery ribbons fluttering between the four corners.

The old man who was dressed in tatters next to him said in the ear of Prince Xiong: "This is King Tang." ”

Xiong Chu was a little puzzled: "How do you know?"

"It is rumored outside that the king of Tang is the most obedient to the laws of the imperial court, and the chariot and horse never cross the thunder pond by half a step. Childe, please see, only the gold ornaments and silver embroidered belts between the four corners, which are the status symbols of the prince rewarded by the imperial court, belong to the objects that must be hung. In addition, Tang Wang did not use a trace of red red, let alone a trace of yellow, and the decorations were mainly dark colors. ”

King Tang's palanquin passed, and a slightly smaller sedan chair with a similar appearance came from behind.

"This is King Tang's favorite concubine. Hehe, as long as the prince travels, she will definitely follow, and she will never leave an inch. Especially last year, I gave birth to a little prince, and now it's amazing. Hehe, I can't say it, I can't say it. ”

Xiong Chu chuckled: "Since everyone can't say it, it means that it should be very talkative, so you might as well say it and listen to it." ”

At this time, the palanquin of the prince and the concubine passed, and a long string of small sedan chairs in Tsing Yi began to appear. There are also two mothers who rub grease and powder next to the sedan chair.

"Childe, please look, those literati are those who don't have a mother to follow. In these small sedan chairs with my mother, all of them are the ladies of the official eunuch family who were killed and demoted, because their father and brother were too guilty, and now they are being used as official prostitutes for those people to have fun. If the father and brother were less guilty, they might have escaped a catastrophe by entering the Workshop Division. ”

Xiong Chu's heart sank, because he suddenly thought of Shen Xiyue, the head of the Purple Clothes Sect, if he hadn't been rescued by the people of the Shangqing Sect, he would have been sitting in a small sedan chair in Tsing Yi every day for people to play with.

Han Bingru snorted coldly: "This kind of punishment of the imperial court is really inhumane. Hmph! The sky has eyes, and I stare at it every day. Don't those emperors and princes have daughters? Sooner or later, they will become other people's playthings!"

The old man shook his head: "I said, miss, how can those princes still have human nature? No, our virtuous Tang King has already locked up his eldest son, that is, the prince Zhu Qiqi, and his eldest grandson, that is, the eldest son of the prince, Zhu Yujian. ”

"I heard that a eunuch came up with a good way to tie Zhu Yujian up with an iron chain and hang it on a stone mill. I can't stand, I can't sit, I'm about to die. With this to your own sons and grandsons, can you still expect those princes to be kind to the people?"

"It's really unreasonable!" Han Bingru's face turned red with anger: "Exterminating human nature is simply exterminating human nature, and losing all conscience!"

The prince's brigade finally passed, but I didn't expect the old man who was dressed in tatters to look up to the sky and sighed, and actually sang a lotus flower: "Wake up from a dream and see the prosperity, Qingming becomes a ghost;

Looking at the back of this strange old man leaving, Xiong Chu thoughtfully: "Sister, this down-and-out old man must have an extraordinary background." You listen to this poem that he keeps reading, and it is very meaningful to see through the red dust, but unfortunately I don't know who it is. ”

Han Bingru shook her head: "Big brother, you haven't been in contact with those ordinary people in society, I don't know how bitter they are. This old man can still write poetry, and he is still talking nonsense here. Those ordinary people won't be able to live tomorrow, what kind of mulberry land is there!"

Xiong Chu shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to drive away something: "Everyone knows that the people are the most bitter people in the world. But we have no choice but to take one step at a time, and if we can save it, we can save it, after all, our strength is also limited. Besides, we can't protect ourselves now, so let's find a place to live first. ”

Han Bingru stomped her foot fiercely: "I see that if it goes on like this, it will be tomorrow-"

Xiong Chu covered Han Bingru's mouth with his backhand: "My little ancestor, you hurry up and shut up!"

The reason why Prince Xiong was so nervous was because a group of lightly armored cavalry dragging behind had already rushed over, and it seemed that there could be more than a hundred people, and it should be a real royal guard.

If these people heard Han Bingru's rebellious words, they would definitely cause more trouble.

Xiong Chu was not afraid of these cavalry, but worried that once the fight started, innocent people would inevitably be injured in the process of fighting with horses and spears, because there were too many people on both sides of the street.

Not afraid of things, but definitely not brave and ruthless for no reason, this is one of the killer principles that Xiaoyaozi has emphasized many times, and of course Xiong Chu will not forget it.

But things in the world are like this, and if you don't look for trouble, it doesn't mean that things won't look for you.

Prince Xiong hopes that he can rush to Nanzhao County safely, but God sometimes goes against you.

Because of this, don't look at the many people who often shout God on their mouths, in fact, there are few people in the world who like God.

Prince Xiong also doesn't like God, especially when he sees a figure, not only does he not like God, but even hates God.

There is no doubt that if God were standing in front of him now, he would definitely draw his sword and pierce God through his throat. K