Chapter 109: A Thousand Miles to Send a Letter
Xiao Ziyang accepted the spirit boat, unfolded his body, and came to the side of the official road after a while. He walked up the official road unhurriedly, and walked towards the city gate in the flow of people.
Just now, Xiao Ziyang observed Zhen'an City from a distance in the sky, and found that the area of this city is not large, not to mention that compared with Fu'an City or Xiang'an City, it is also inferior to Shuo'an City.
When he got closer, he realized that this town was worthy of being an important military town, and the city wall of more than 20 zhang alone was not comparable to other prefectures and cities far from the border.
On the high city walls, a sergeant in light armor and a spear stood guard every three feet, and a small group of sergeants patrolled back and forth under the leadership of a heavily armored officer.
The straight sergeants standing in two rows under the tall city gate are all burly, with solemn faces, and their military appearance is quite majestic.
The distribution of streets in Zhen'an City is different from the square layout of other cities, the distribution of streets and houses in this city is extremely chaotic and irregular, and Xiao Ziyang only walked for a moment before losing his way.
Helplessly, Xiao Ziyang casually grabbed a green-skinned bastard with a crooked fur hat, his chest was open, and a plaster was attached to his temples.
The green skin was furious and raised his hand to fight, but when he saw the thing in Xiao Ziyang's hand clearly, his face immediately changed from horizontal eyebrows to angry eyes.
Xiao Ziyang smiled slightly, stuffed the silver pass treasure in his hand into the green skin's hand, and said, "Take me to the nearest carriage shop." The green skin was slightly stunned, and then he was overjoyed, and walked back quickly with Xiao Ziyang.
After a while, Xiao Ziyang understood why the green skin was stunned just now, it turned out that the carriage was only forty zhang away from the place where Xiao Ziyang had caught the green skin just now, and it was in another fork in the road not far from the city gate.
Xiao Ziyang smiled bitterly, waved his hand and sent away Qingpi, hired a carriage and headed for Baoqing Hall.
The carriage was spinning around in the labyrinthine streets and alleys, if it weren't for the sunny weather and the sun just at the head, I'm afraid Xiao Ziyang wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest.
The reason why the streets and alleys in this state capital city are so chaotic is probably because it was deliberately built in the first place. Fighting the defenders in a city with such a complex terrain was a terrible thing for that army.
Xiao Ziyang looked through the carriage window.
The streets of Zhenancheng are narrow, there are no tall and ornate buildings, and the largest proportion of shops on both sides of the street are brothels, gambling houses, and liquor stores.
Most of these shops are shabby, and the women who solicit business at the door of the brothel are also described as vulgar. But business was quite good, with some soldiers and junior officers coming and going frequently.
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a pharmacy.
Xiao Ziyang looked up at the fifteen-zhang five-story pavilion in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, this Zhen'an City is indeed different, the tallest building in the city is actually a pharmacy.
However, it is not unreasonable to think about it carefully, since the founding of the Xiliang State for more than 100 years, the northern frontier has never been quiet, a big fight in five years, a small fight in three years, and even in peacetime, there are constant conflicts, which is also the reason why the Xiliang State was founded for a hundred years, the border army is still extremely elite, and the status of the warriors is still high.
What is the most expensive thing to fight a war? It is nothing more than human life, grain and grass, and medicinal herbs. So it's no surprise that the tallest building in Zhen'an City is a pharmacy.
"This guest officer, I don't know what herbs you need. ”
Xiao Ziyang's face was full of dust at this time, and his snow-white clothes were also covered with a layer of dust. The guy who greeted him was very eye-catching. Although Xiao Ziyang's clothes are dusty, the materials are exquisite, his demeanor is calm and confident, and the guy knows that the distinguished guest has come to the door at a glance, and his attitude is very respectful.
"Take me to your shopkeeper, I have something important to discuss. ”
"It's... , can you tolerate a small sound?"
"Then I'm bothering the little second brother, go and come back quickly. ”
The little second took Xiao Ziyang to a side room on the side of the hall and sat down, then turned to leave.
After a cup of tea, Xiao Er led a short and fat old man dressed as a businessman and walked in.
"Under Jiang Rong, Tian is the shopkeeper of Baoqing Hall, I don't know ...... this guest officer" Xiao Ziyang waved his hand to interrupt his words, and reached out to hand over the jasper ring that had already been pinched in his hand.
The shopkeeper wanted to have a high status in this Zhen'an City, but Xiao Ziyang waved his hand to interrupt the words, his heart was annoyed, his face sank, and he suddenly saw the jasper ring on Xiao Ziyang's hand, and his face froze on his face with anger, and he came back to his senses after half a sound.
He hurriedly turned around and knocked out the guy who brought him over, and bowed respectfully to Xiao Ziyang to the ground. "Outer deacon Jiang Rong visited the immortal master. Dare to ask the immortal master's surname. ”
"I'm not a disciple of your sect, I'm here today to deliver a letter for a fellow Daoist in your sect, this fellow Daoist is now in danger, and I can't save him from my shallow ability. ”
Saying that, Xiao Ziyang handed over a letter to the hands of the shopkeeper Jiang, "Please hand this letter into the hands of an inner disciple of your sect named Murong Zixuan." It must be passed quickly, if it is slow, the Taoist friend may be in danger of his life. ”
When Shopkeeper Jiang heard Xiao Ziyang say about the inner disciples, the expression on his face was even more respectful, he took the letter with both hands and bowed down and said: "Immortal Master, please rest assured, this is related to the life and death of the Immortal Master in my sect, and even if you have the courage to do so, you don't dare to delay." ”
"Now that the letter has been delivered, I will take my leave. ”
Xiao Ziyang walked out of Baoqing Hall without delay, and immediately went out of the city.
Five days later, when Xiao Ziyang returned to Jin'an City, he looked quite haggard. Ten days back and forth, running without respite made him extremely tired.
He asked for a courtyard in the Lanyue Tower, took a hot bath, and fell asleep, and slept for ten hours.
On the night of the third day, Xiao Ziyang, who had recovered his spirits, came to the Weiguo Mansion again and lurked.
After waiting for three days, he finally waited for the opportunity for the thin old man who was guarding the first floor to leave, and entered the small building to see Murong Ling.
It turned out that Murong Ling didn't happen to find him that day. Today, Xiao Ziyang flew directly from downstairs into the window of the room where Murong Ling was being held, and there was no turning in the air, and the sound was even more slight, and he entered by a breeze that happened to blow, but this astute woman still immediately discovered his intrusion.
Just like last time, the two exchanged words and ink.
"The letter arrived?"
"I personally handed the letter to a shopkeeper named Jiang Rong. ”
"Thank you, you don't want to come back in the future, it's too dangerous. ”
"I'm quite confident in my own escape. First, I want to tell you that the letter has been delivered, and secondly, I want to see if you have a spell, if your master sends someone to save you, if you can know in advance what kind of spell you have, you can also prepare in advance. ”
"Well, what Brother Xiao said makes sense. ”
Xiao Ziyang put his hand on Murong Ling's vest and slowly injected the purple jade mana into her body. As soon as the purple jade mana entered her body, Murong Ling let out a faint sigh, she found that Xiao Ziyang's mana was quite strange, but she didn't have time to think about it, and cooperated with Xiao Ziyang's mana to come to her dantian.