As the time gradually changed from early morning to noon, the number of pedestrians on the streets in the capital also increased.
As one of the main roads in the capital, Chang'an Road was already crowded with people and flowing continuously, giving it the appearance of a peaceful and prosperous time.
And this main road called "Chang'an" has a must-pass place called "Imperial City Gate".
Therefore, in the past, in order to avoid being inexplicably accused of "intentionally assassinating the king and killing the driver", as long as the common people came here, they would take the initiative to lower their heads, speed up their pace, and pass as quickly as possible to avoid unreasonable disasters.
But today, the pedestrians passing by here are obviously very different from the past...
Almost every pedestrian passing by here would stare into the imperial city gate with their eyes wide open.
Just watching is not enough. You have to stand there and be stunned for a while, and then leave in a hurry in silence.
All these changes are not because these ordinary people suddenly "are not afraid of death"...
It's really because the scene unfolding at the Imperial City Gate at this time is too surprising...,
If you don't read it, you will regret it for the rest of your life...
After all, no one had ever thought that the majestic Imperial City Gate would one day become someone else's "tea room"...
As for the Imperial City guards, they were separated on both sides and stood guard as usual, as they should.
Of course, there were several guards lying on the ground, mopping the floor... which they had never seen before...
And Yan Bing, who witnessed groups of pedestrians, one constantly stopping and watching, and then another group, stopping, watching, and then another group... Yan Bing's heart at this moment was almost broken...,
If she had to describe how she felt about herself at this moment, there were only four words that could do it justice.
That is: "parading in the streets".
However, the old man next to him still looked leisurely and contented. He was sitting on the Taishi chair, crossing his legs and drinking tea. He was more comfortable than at home, completely ignoring the sideways glances of passersby around him.
The old man's behavior directly caused the two of them to be viewed as "monkey shows" by passers-by on the road. They were not aware of it at all and continued to go their own way.
Zhijiao Yan Bing hated it and his teeth were itching.
But helplessly, there were many outsiders standing around her, so she couldn't directly correct her master's behavior.
Simply, in order to ease Yan Bing's mood, the only way he could think of was to distract himself, not to look at pedestrians or the old man, but to just look around...
After a while, look at the door that was broken by the old man,
After a while, look at the few doornails that fell on the ground.
After a while, I took another look at the imperial city.
At this time, Yan Bing, from her appearance to her behavior, looked like a village girl who had just arrived in the imperial city and had never seen the world.
It wasn't until the chief guard on the side reminded him kindly that Yan Bing suddenly placed the wine jar in his left hand and the sword in his right hand in the corner of the doorway. Only then did he save a few dollars in front of the pedestrians who kept passing by to watch.
Distinguish faces.
The reason Yan Bing is so curious is not because she has never been to the Imperial City.
Precisely because she has been to the Forbidden City several times, which was castrated in order to adapt to modernization.
Therefore, new discoveries can be found through constant comparison.
Through the observation just now, she realized that the real imperial city was far more than just one gate.
Just ahead of you, you can see a majestic city gate that is exactly the same as the outer city.
Between the two city gates is a huge square. In addition to being covered with large bluestone floor tiles, rows of huge fireproof water tanks are neatly placed on both sides of the square.
In other words, even if there is a thief, after passing through the first door, he will find himself in the Wengcheng without taking two steps...
Such a heavily guarded consideration is the real imperial residence.
Just when she finally had no choice but to look up and estimate how high the doorway was, the head guard behind her suddenly whispered: "Here we come..."
What's coming?
Yan Bing quickly followed Commander Zhang's gaze and saw that the second door of the barbican city had been opened.
And in the square between the two gatehouses, two people were running.
One was the guard who had been sent to report, and behind him was another, an old eunuch who looked to be in his forties or fifties.
The two of them seemed to be in a hurry. In just a few breaths, they had already ran across the huge square in the middle and came closer.
I saw this old eunuch, ran directly to the old man, panted heavily, and after bowing politely, he said slowly: "Old slave, pay homage to the ancestor. The ancestor has been waiting for so long. It belongs to the old slave."
It’s a sin, please don’t blame me, ancestors.”
"I don't blame you, I don't blame you." The old man waved his hands, stood up, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. From the main hall to here, there are probably three to five thousand steps. Father-in-law is really getting stronger with time."
…….”
Although, Yan Bing instantly heard the hidden meaning in the old man's words, implying that this old eunuch had some skills and was still acting here.
But she still couldn't help but think in her heart: Why are these four words, "You are stronger when you are old," so ironic when they come out of your old mouth?
But after all, her identity at the moment was just Wang Linfeng's apprentice. Unless there was a critical moment, she could never come out to "show off her wits", so she just stood aside silently and said nothing.
"My ancestor has really embarrassed me. This slave is just in the palace and is used to running around. Please let me lead my ancestor into the palace. The emperor heard that you are here, but he is very happy in his heart. At this moment
I'm waiting to see you in the main hall." The old eunuch still had a kind smile on his face, but he fully explained his position both inside and outside his words, and also reminded the old man what kind of attitude he should have when meeting the emperor.
Yan Bing knew in his heart that even if this old eunuch's status was extraordinary, without the emperor's intention, he would not dare to so blatantly point out the person in front of him. His identity, status, and seniority were far superior to his own royal relatives.
But the old man didn't seem to want to pay attention to him, and just said lightly: "I also grew up in this imperial city. I still remember the location of the main hall, so I won't bother my father-in-law." As soon as he finished speaking, he flew away.
He jumped up, performed Qinggong, crossed the gate tower of the inner city, and jumped away.
What does it mean?
Is this too urgent!?
I just talked for a long time on the way here, but it was of no use?
Yan Bing hurriedly saluted the old eunuch, picked up the wine jar and sword, and ran after him. He thought that no matter what, he would stop the old man before he entered the main hall and give him a few more words. Otherwise, I don't know.
What else is there to do?
But Yan Bing obviously underestimated the old man's power.
Just as she flew through the second palace gate, she heard the old man's voice ringing in her ears: "Qihua, this way."
Yan Bing hurriedly followed the sound and looked over, only to see the old man standing under the gate tower wall, waving to her.
Yan Bing hurriedly ran to the old man. Before she could open her mouth, she saw the old man looking at her with a sad face and asking: "To make a long story short, I saw that boy from Tongyuan later, should I bow?"
Hearing this, Yan Bing smiled and said, "Master, just be yourself and leave the rest to your apprentice."
The words are still ringing in my ears.
But what Yan Bing never expected was that when she arrived at the main hall, she wouldn't even be able to get in...
