Two days later in the afternoon, a carriage was driving forward on an official road outside Fucheng.
"You two, Huzhou City is ahead..."
It was the carriage driver who turned around to speak, and the person he was speaking to was a young man and woman in the carriage behind.
The man was handsome, elegantly dressed, and always had a faint smile on his face. He had a wine gourd hanging around his waist, and he seemed to be a scholar who loved wine.
The woman's headband was lightly exposed, and the hanging black gauze obscured her face. Although her face could not be seen clearly, she could vaguely feel that she had a good appearance.
The most special thing is that the woman carries two swords with her, one behind her back and the other always in her hand.
You don't need to guess to know that these two people are Chai Yan and Yuan.
"Thank God, we're almost here! Hey, I'm going to the city soon and I need to take a hot bath. I'm all rotten... If you don't believe me, just take a look..."
As soon as he heard this tone, he knew it was Chai Yan who was speaking. As he spoke, he raised his sleeve and brought it to Yuan Yuan's nose.
Lu Yuan reached out and slapped Chai Yan's arm back, saying angrily: "Nonsense, I've already smelled it!"
Chai Yan chuckled, stuck his head out of the carriage, and looked along the official road to the end.
"Ah, I see it, I see it, I see the city wall..." Chai Yan shouted excitedly into the wind.
After shouting a few words, Chai Yan retracted his head, smiled and said to Yuyuan: "You can already see the city wall, and you can enter the city soon!"
Yuan Yuan did not speak, but shook his head slightly, feeling that he was making too much fuss.
The coachman smiled and turned around and asked: "Sir, is this your first time traveling far away?"
The coachman has been back and forth between the two places many times. The excitement of a person who is traveling for the first time is very different from someone who often travels back and forth. He can tell it at a glance.
Chai Yan paused, then smiled and said: "Uncle, you have good eyesight. Yes, this is my first time traveling far away, my first time in Huzhou, hahaha..."
This was indeed the first time Chai Yan traveled far away after time travel. This carriage without a shock absorber system gave Chai Yan a lot of trouble at first. Fortunately, he held back and did not vomit, otherwise he would be very embarrassed if he was seen by the owl.
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However, after getting used to this level of bumps, Chaiyan began to enjoy it. Every tree on the roadside, every mountain and water, Chaiyan found it beautiful and interesting. Whenever he saw something novel, he would
Switch to chatterbox mode and enjoy yourself...
Seeing Chai Yan laughing so hard, Yuan Yuan was a little puzzled and thought to himself, what's so proud about such a thing?
In less than two-quarters of an hour, the carriage slowly stopped in an open space outside the gate of Huzhou City.
"You two, this is the south gate of Huzhou City. It's still early now, and the city gate won't be closed until about two hours later..."
While introducing the coachman, he quickly moved the square wooden piers for the feet to make it easier for the guests to get out of the car smoothly.
Yuan Yuan did not step on the wooden piers to rest her feet. She held her sword, clutched her baggage, and easily jumped off the carriage. On the contrary, Chaiyan carefully stepped on the wooden piers to get off the carriage.
After getting off the bus, Chai Yan took out some money to pay the fare. The driver was very happy and enthusiastically recommended several relatively affordable inns in Huzhou City.
After Chai Yan expressed his gratitude, he caught up with Yuan carrying his baggage.
"Hey, why didn't you wait for me? What should I do if I get lost alone?" Chai Yan asked after catching up with Yuan.
The kite under the black gauze immediately laughed, and then said: "You are afraid of getting lost!"
"How could I get lost..." Chai Yan said confidently: "Even if it is my first time to come to Huzhou City, I have remembered this sentence since I was a child, the road is right under my nose!"
Yuan Yuan was stunned for a moment before trying to understand what he meant by asking for directions by mouth, and immediately said: "Hey, who doesn't know how to talk big words..."
The two of them walked side by side towards the arched opening of the front city gate, looking up at the tall and spectacular city tower as they walked.
Chai Yan visually determined that the height of the city tower was at least forty feet. There were eight serious-looking and upright city gate soldiers on duty around the city tower, and a bearded man dressed as a general was patrolling up and down the tower.
Chai Yan pointed curiously and asked: "鸱鸱鸱, what kind of official is that person? I've never seen him before..."
Yuan looked up and replied calmly: "Chengmen Colonel."
Anping County is too small, and there are no towers built on the city gates, so there is no such thing as a city gate captain, so it is not surprising that Chai Yan has never seen one.
Just as he was about to enter the city gate arch, Chai Yan pointed to a group of people under the city wall next to him and shouted: "Eiyuan, look over there, what are they looking at?"
"What else can you see? Just read the notice!" Yuan rolled his eyes quietly.
At this time, Yuanyuan had already labeled Chai Yan as a "bumpkin" in his heart, and it was still the kind that couldn't be washed off!
Chai Yan said: "Of course I know you are looking for notices, but I am asking what kind of notices are you looking for?"
"You mean, you want to go and see the excitement?" Yuan asked.
Chai Yan nodded and said: "It doesn't hurt to take a look! We have just arrived in Huzhou, and we should adopt an attitude of knowing as much as we can about everything here. Don't be embarrassed if we don't understand what others say.
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Before Yuanyuan could agree, Chai Yan had already grabbed Yuanyuan's arm and pulled her to the place where the notice was posted.
Normally, he would just pull and pull, but this was the place with the most people at the gate of the city. Yuanyuan was immediately angry. He raised the hilt of his sword and hit Chai Yan, who made Chai Yan wince and grin.
A wall on the side of the city gate is specially used for posting notices. From a distance, you can see that there are various things posted on the wall, including wanted fugitives, missing people and property, and recruiting people for work.
, public and private notices are all mixed together!
"Oh, it's so miserable..."
"Oh, it's so tragic. My whole family was killed by gangsters."
"It's so inhumane, even a two-year-old baby is not spared!"
"..."
The crowd was in an uproar, with many people whispering and pointing, and from time to time there would be words of sympathy or resentment.
Chai Yan wanted to squeeze in to see clearly, but there were too many people. He tried several times without success, so he had to give up.
Upon seeing this, Yuanyuan urged him to go into the city. Anyway, it was none of their business what notices were posted on the wall. They went into the city to return their things and then went to Huaidu, staying for one night at most.
Chai Yan picked up the general idea from the scattered words in the crowd, and said to Yuanyuan: "It's better to take a closer look. It seems that a tragedy has occurred!"
"A massacre?" Yuan Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect such a bad case to happen.
Chai Yan couldn't squeeze in, so he had to find an opportunity to catch an old man who had just come out of the crowd and asked: "Old man, what is written on it? Which family was wiped out?"