Before reaching the city gate, the first thing I saw was soldiers armed with armor and weapons.
These soldiers stopped those who wanted to enter Lecheng, and they could only cross the border after identifying their identities. Basically, all the refugees stopped here. Not to mention Lecheng, even the city gates could not get close.
After passing this level, you can come to the city gate, but the city gate is still heavily guarded and there are tents outside the city.
Before entering the city, you need to take off your clothes and have your body checked, and you can only enter the city after confirming that you are free of illness.
Jiang Wuji really didn't expect that there would be such a link. You must know that the guards who took the body test were all men!
It didn't matter to him that Jiang Wuji took off his clothes and had a physical examination, but what about Xiaoyu? It was simply outrageous!
But fortunately, with Murong Wanfeng and her intervention, all these procedures were naturally avoided.
However, when passing those tents, Jiang Wuji, who had excellent hearing, still heard some strange sounds.
For example, the sound of a woman crying or a man gasping is unbearable...
Just as everyone was about to enter the city, a disheveled woman was thrown out of the tent.
Then two soldiers came out, looking at the lost woman with bright faces, chatting and laughing happily.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Wuji gritted his teeth angrily. He was about to grab the copper coin sword behind him, but Cao Li held his hand down.
"Little Taoist Master! You must not do this!"
After calming down, Jiang Wuji gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that this Lecheng is not a good place either."
at this time.
"Whizzing!"
Two arrows whizzed past and penetrated directly into the chests of the two soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, a white-haired man holding a long bow walked quickly to Murong Wanfeng's carriage and knelt on one knee.
"My subordinates have neglected their duties, please punish me, Miss!"
"Hmph, General Baili, take care of your people! If such an embarrassing thing happens again, the county guard will never let you go!" Murong Wanfeng said with a cold face.
General Baili: "Yes!"
…
Enter the city.
The phoenix flute sounded, the jade pot turned light, and fish and dragons swam all night long.
Thousands of lights illuminate the blue clouds in the night market, and high-rise buildings are crowded with red-sleeved customers.
The prosperity of Lecheng far exceeds that of Tianning City, and there is no trace left by the miasma at all.
Jiang Wuji sat in the front room of the carriage, looking at the prosperity, and for a moment he felt as if he had arrived in a peaceful and prosperous age.
The city and the outside are like two worlds. When passing by the Goulan Flower House, the sight of the warblers and swallows makes your blood boil.
"Brother!" The girl puffed up her cheeks and stared at her brother with a resentful look.
After regaining consciousness, Jiang Wuji looked away from the white patches of snow, touched the bridge of his nose in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "This Lecheng is so white... No, I mean Lecheng is so big... Forget it, it's okay.
"
"That, Cao Li! Cao Li!"
Cao Li clamped his horse's belly and rode over, "Little Taoist Master, are you okay?"
"Did you see the candied haws seller over there? Buy a bunch for me."
"Also, that big restaurant in front should have sweet-scented osmanthus cake, right? Buy one for me too."
"Little Taoist Master, that's the Jiaofang Secretary."
"... Then you should find a place that sells sweet-scented osmanthus cake and go quickly."
Jiang Wuji took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to Cao Li, who raised his eyebrows and said, "Little Taoist Master, wait a moment!"
After Jiang Zhiyu ate the candied haws and sweet-scented osmanthus cake, he no longer had time to care about his brother. Jiang Wuji also took advantage of the emptiness to take a good look at Le City.
The city is prosperous inside, but the water outside the city is dire.
"What a stark contrast..."
"But in the end, what does this have to do with me? I can't even manage my own affairs."
Jiang Wuji leaned against the carriage and suddenly felt that the prosperity in front of him was eclipsed.
…
Next, under Murong Wanfeng's arrangement, the brother and sister checked into the largest inn in Lecheng.
The guest rooms are extremely luxuriously decorated, and there are even young and beautiful girls serving them, but unfortunately they were all driven away by Xiaoyu.
Looking at the leaving figures of those beautiful girls, Jiang Zhiyu put his hands on his waist and said angrily:
"We have hands and feet, why do we need people to serve us? Mom said that beautiful women are bad! Who knows what they have in mind!"
"Then you are also very beautiful, so you are also very bad?" Jiang Wuji said with a smile.
The girl was stunned, then lowered her head and said coquettishly, "Brother, what are you talking about..."
Jiang Wuji rubbed the girl's head and said, "Okay, go to bed early. I've been traveling all day and I'm exhausted."
"Brother, are you tired?"
The girl raised her head and said, "Then I'll go get some water and let my brother soak his feet! Oh, by the way! Brother, are you hungry? We haven't had dinner yet. What would you like to eat? I'll make arrangements!"
"I have my own hands and feet, I don't need anyone else..."
"It's normal for a younger sister to serve her older brother."
"You girl have quite a double standard..."
"Brother, what are double standards?"
"I'm praising you..."
"Thank you, brother~"
…
Le City is prosperous and there is no curfew, so even at midnight, there is still singing and dancing outside.
But the biggest headache for Jiang Wuji was that the sound insulation of this inn was very poor, and the "creeping" sound had been heard in the next room for more than an hour.
Oh, by the way, Cao Li lives next door.
Just in case, the brother and sister stayed in the same room.
The girl shrank into the quilt, while Jiang Wuji sat cross-legged by the window, breathing and practicing.
The next day, early morning.
Before the brother and sister had finished breakfast, there was a knock on the door.
"Wuji, sister Xiaoyu, are you up?" Murong Wanfeng's voice sounded outside the door.
"Get up~"
"Zhiqua——"
As Xiaoyu opened the door, Jiang Wuji saw an alluring woman who looked like she had stepped out of a painting.
Before, Murong Wanfeng was dressed in a mess and couldn't dress up carefully even when running around. Now that he's back in Lecheng, it's naturally different.
The Murong Wanfeng in front of her is wearing a green and white gauze skirt, with three thousand green silk hanging down to her waist. A piece of red silk is tied around her waist. Her hands are as soft as catkins, her skin is as thick as gelatin, and her collar is like the teeth of a cricket grub, like a gourd rhinoceros.
Her pale eyebrows are like autumn water, and her jade skin is accompanied by the gentle breeze.
It’s so beautiful...
"Wuji?"
"elder brother!"
"What? Oh, you're up." Jiang Wuji lowered his head and continued to drink porridge.
"I wonder what Miss Murong wants from us?"
Murong Wanfeng snickered and said: "Leping County has sent people from all the counties and cities here. My father will host a banquet tonight, one to catch the wind and wash away the dust, and the other to discuss the plague. You are my savior, so father
You have been specially asked to invite me to the banquet."
"No, saving you is just a favor. When I really need you to repay this favor, just don't shirk it." Jiang Wuji refused.
Now Jiang Wuji still had a lot of things to think about, but when he thought about the misery and misery outside the city, he couldn't get the slightest impression of those bureaucrats, let alone want to interact with them. In addition, in reality, there were things like setting people on fire and burning people.
What dinner party are you in the mood for?
To put it bluntly, if you have this free time, you might as well go to Goulan Jiaofangsi to experience it and relax.
Unfortunately, not everyone can become Xu Yinluo.
Being rejected by Jiang Wuji, Murong Wanfeng was not surprised at all. She took Xiaoyu's hand and said, "Don't you sister Xiaoyu like to eat sweets and cakes? There are so many cakes at tonight's banquet that even I can't eat them on weekdays.
Arrived!"
"Isn't Sister Murong the governor's daughter? You can't even eat it?" the girl was surprised.
"Yes, yes, I heard that there are jujube paste cakes, green mochi cakes tonight, yes! There are also dragon beard cakes!"
"The production process of this dragon beard cake is extremely complicated, but after it is made, it is white and dense, as thin as dragon whiskers, melts in your mouth, and has a sweet aftertaste. Generally only the dignitaries in the capital can eat it!"
Murong Wanfeng spoke so eloquently that the girl swallowed her saliva repeatedly and looked at her brother with her big clear eyes, wanting to say something but not daring to say it.
"Haha... Longxu Cake, but the people outside eat Guanyin soil." Jiang Wuji said suddenly.
The smiles on the two women's faces suddenly faded.
After a long silence, Murong Wanfeng said: "I often open the warehouse to store grain, but..."
"You don't need to explain to me. This is a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, but it has nothing to do with you and me, and it's not something you and I can solve." Jiang Wuji said.
Murong Wanfeng bit his lip and changed the topic: "Taoist Priest Qingxuanzi will also be here tonight. Don't you want to inquire about some information? I can help you."
Jiang Wuji raised his head, looked at Murong Wanfeng, and asked, "There is one thing I would like to ask Miss Murong."
"You can just ask directly, no need to be polite," Murong Wanfeng said.
Jiang Wuji: "Is there a Taoist priest named Qingxuanzi in Tiandao Temple? Qingshui's Qing."
"Qing Xuanzi?" Murong Wanfeng frowned slightly.
"I've never heard of it... Do you want to help you find out?"
"That's not necessary. This matter involves some trouble. I don't want people from Tiandao Temple to know about it for the time being." Jiang Wuji said.
Murong Wanfeng raised his eyebrows, patted his towering chest, and said, "Have you forgotten? I am the daughter of the county governor~ It is possible to inquire about some things quietly. Don't worry, I will make arrangements."
Jiang Wuji frowned slightly, then cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll trouble Miss Murong."
