This may be the most populous city in the world. A large number of immigrants come in and out every day. There are no accurate figures. According to the statistics of the population of Spring and Autumn City, there are more than 8 million people registered.
Spring and Autumn City is also the only city in the world that spans both sides of the Tongyuan River. This longest river in the world divides Spring and Autumn City into two parts, the east and west. The width of the river passing through the city is less than 20 kilometers.
Due to its large population and vast area, Spring and Autumn City did not have city walls or gates. The checkpoints set up on the main roads into the city only collected city gate taxes for bulk goods.
It has the largest population, the most chambers of commerce, the most envoys from various countries, the most spies, etc. The title of the cleanest and most beautiful city is widely circulated on the continent.
King Lu's Palace, in a palace garden.
A woman in splendid clothes is painting, and on the snow-white painting paper is the appearance of a man.
Beautiful hair, thin cheeks, and piercing eyes.
This woman's painting skills are very good, and she can draw the man's face very clearly on the paper.
A burst of laughter like silver bells came from behind the woman, "Isn't this the shopkeeper Qi of the 'Touran Inn'? Haha, the princess is feeling spring again." A palace maid under the age of twenty was carrying a snack.
Came behind the painting woman.
"You're such a talkative girl, be careful I punish you with palace rules." The woman feigned anger.
"Princess, please punish Xiao Rong. If you break Xiao Rong's legs, Xiao Rong won't have to accompany the princess out of the palace privately. It's better to have your legs broken than to lose your life." Xiao Rong put down the snacks and pretended to be aggrieved.
Look.
"Don't worry, I will not break your legs. If you don't accompany me out of the palace, humph, I will reward you to the groom." Princess Lu pretended to be vicious.
When Xiao Rong heard this, even though she knew he was trying to scare her, she still had a look of horror on her face and shouted: "Princess, don't scare Xiao Rong. Xiao Rong would rather die than marry a groom. Your Highness, when will you leave the palace?"
Let’s go? Xiaorong will make arrangements for you right away.”
Princess Lu laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's pretty much it. As long as you are obedient, how can I be willing to reward you to others?"
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Ding Kui was worrying about Ding Cai's happy event, and Ding Kun came to the county town.
"Master, let me leave the marriage of this slave to the old slave. Don't worry about it. There are many people following you. If you intervene in arranging everyone's marriage, in the future, just for this kind of thing, you will
We are all too busy." When Ding Kun learned about Ding Cai and Bai Jiyin, he hurried over from Xiaxi Town.
This matter concerns the face of the Hou Guo Mansion, and only the housekeeper is best suited to handle it. Jiang Shunchuan has been following Ding Kui for a long time, but after all, he is still young and inexperienced, so it would be good if this kind of thing does not cause trouble.
Ding Kun is indeed a well-experienced housekeeper of the Marquis Palace. Not only is he powerful, but he also has extraordinary methods of handling family affairs.
He quickly set a date for Bai Ji Yin to visit, and then spent a lot of money to buy the "Ke Family Teahouse", then sold it to Shi Heng and turned it into a silk shop. Then he sent people to go from house to house, privately
Take some steps to eliminate the marks of Bai Jiyin's past step by step.
During this period, he even sent his apprentice Ding Zhong, who often appeared at night. Cases of missing persons occurred one after another in the county. They were all idle men who had nothing to do and liked to gossip.
This move was very cruel, and the discussion about the Protector's Mansion disappeared overnight, as if nothing had happened.
Lao Ma is an idle guy who likes to gossip about people. He is in his thirties, has no family and nothing to do, and spends all day lounging on the street.
Now he is hiding at home in fear and does not dare to go out. There is no other reason. Li Ergou, an idle guy like him, has been missing since yesterday morning. Everyone has guesses in their minds, but no one dares to say it, for fear of the next one
The one who is missing is himself.
In the middle of the night, a black shadow floated into Lao Ma's house. Lao Ma, who had never dared to sleep a wink, got out of bed, knelt in front of the black shadow, kowtowed and said: "Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life, villain.
I will never dare to chew my tongue again."
"Pa", a small money bag was thrown in front of the old horse, and the black shadow said: "Here are ten gold coins. You take the money and disappear immediately in Pingzhong County. If you are still in the county after dawn." The black shadow threw it again.
He gave something to Lao Ma and said, "Hmph, take a good look. This is the result of disobedience."
Lao Ma hurriedly took the thing and took a closer look. His hands trembled with fright. The thing fell to the ground. It turned out that it was half a human tongue.
"That's right, Li Ergou is disobedient, and you can guess how he is doing now. Finally, I'm warning you to leave the county as soon as possible and don't say a word to anyone." After the black shadow finished speaking, he jumped out of the door.
, disappeared into the night.
Lao Ma picked up the money bag, opened it, and saw that it was indeed ten gold coins. He quickly put it in his arms, and ran out of the door without even bothering to pack his luggage. Of course, there was nothing valuable in his home.
After the dark figure came out of Lao Ma's house, it made several twists and turns, and finally came to the side door of Ding's house.
Ding Kun stood in the patio connecting the middle courtyard and the backyard. The dark shadow came to the housekeeper's side and pulled off the black cloth covering his face, revealing Ding Zhong's still very immature face.
"How is it?" Ding Kun asked in a low voice.
"According to the information provided by Qian Jun, everyone has been dealt with." Ding Zhong lowered his hand and reported.
"Well, I'll go out on a patrol these days. If anyone dares to talk about the Ding family, you don't need to tell me. They'll all be killed." Ding Kun said calmly.
"yes."
Today is the day when Ding Cai gets married. He tidied himself up and, accompanied by his bodyguard Lao Guo, went to the headquarters of Yanhuang Magazine in the county town to prepare to pick up his bride.
As soon as Ding Kun arrived in the county town, he immediately arranged for Bai Ji Yin to work at Yanhuang Magazine. The families of many magazine editors and reporters lived there. Having female family members could accompany Bai Ji Yin all day long, which could not only stabilize her
Emotions and being able to look at her again.
The wedding was hosted by the butler, no outsiders were invited, and the woman had no relatives. As for friends, they were excluded, and only members of the Ding family were present.
As the acting head of the family, Ding Kui showed his face, toasted the newlyweds with a glass of wine, and completed his mission.
According to the butler, Ding Cai is a slave, and this is the highest level of treatment a slave can receive.
Since then, Bai Jiyin has become a member of the Ding family. She has a job arrangement as soon as she enters the house - serving tea butler, an order given by Ding Kui himself.
The tea steward is responsible for managing the tea leaves in the Huguohou Mansion, storing various tea leaves in categories, and declaring purchase quotas every month based on the quantity consumed to ensure the supply of vegetable leaves in the house.
After leaving the capital, the Ding family no longer had such a detailed butler, and most things were done by the housekeeper alone. Bai Jiyin used to open a teahouse and was considered a professional, so she was just qualified for this position.
After Bai Jiyin took office, she was actually busy non-stop, because many guests came to thank Ding Kui for saving his life.
"Shan You, why are you here? Is the injury on your foot healed?" Ding Kui greeted today's guests in front of the living room.
"I have to thank you, Prince. If you hadn't replaced me in time, this injury wouldn't have healed so quickly." Shan You said to Ding Kui sincerely.
Being bitten by a demon rat is indeed troublesome. It contains a bit of demonic energy, which will prevent the wound from healing and continuously erode human skin and bones.
After Shan You was replaced by Ding Kui and returned to the high platform, he received timely treatment so that the wound no longer worsened.
"We are comrades when we fight side by side. You would also help me, wouldn't you? So don't be so polite. We have to train together and go to the state competition together. We are all brothers." Ding.
Kui invited Shan You to sit down in the living room.
"I can't help you. Although your fighting spirit cultivation level is not as high as mine, my eyesight and sword-drawing speed are far behind. Besides, if your family members hadn't arrived later, who could guarantee that you would be able to fight against the rats?
Escape from the attack with your whole body? I can’t do it anyway.” Shan You shook his head.
"How old is Senior Shan You this year? Among the contestants in the county, you, Ji Xing and Xu Yan are the only three who have been promoted to Blade Knight. This is not an easy thing." Ding Kui didn't want to show off his family's affairs, so he changed the subject.
"You will be sixteen next month. I heard that you are not even fifteen yet. I estimate that you will be able to break through in less than three months. Our skills are nothing to you." Shan You
He shook his head again.
Facing this perverted guy, Shan You couldn't find any confidence and was left with a lot of sighs.
Ding Kui gave Shan You a thumbs up and said: "You have a good vision and your judgment is very accurate. In two months I can really hit the bottleneck of the Blade Knight. By the way, you know we are going to do it."
What kind of special training?”
"I don't know the specifics, but I know one thing. The county guild will arrange knights and samurai who are stronger than us and have been on the battlefield to take turns fighting us. It is said that it is to improve our ability to withstand pressure and familiarize ourselves with the enemy.
The feeling of suppression improves the ability to find counterattack opportunities when at a disadvantage." As the son of the city lord, Shan You has some inside information.
This training content made Ding Kui feel very boring, and he said without interest: "Anti-stress training, what's so strange about this? I practice it often at home, and there is no opponent at home that I can beat."
Shan You looked at Ding Kui with envy and said, "I once heard my father say that your family's personal guards are among the best in the entire Zhongwang Province. The commander-in-chief is from the Eighth Army.
The division commander is also the elite among the elite of the Shaodian Army.
Having their guidance is something that many people can only ask for. In your eyes, special training and such are of course nothing unusual. But for us, it is completely different."
At this time, Ding Cai came from outside and stopped outside the living room to report: "Master, Nie Ling from Yanyi of Furnace City and Black Earth City wants to see you."
"What a coincidence, you guys couldn't have made an appointment. Please invite them in quickly." Ding Kui had to stand up from his seat and walked to the front of the living room again.