open sea

Chapter 13 Guangcheng
After walking on the road for a few more days, Chen Mu didn't talk to Bai Yuanjie and Zhang Yongshou anymore, and he stayed far away from the car while driving. To be honest, he was a little apprehensive about these Baihu and Xiaoqi.

The night battle in Hei Ling made him feel that he was no different from these Ming people, and he was even more vicious than them, and he killed the most in the whole battle!People were in awe of him because of this, but for some reason, ever since Bai Yuanjie said those words to him that night, Chen Mu felt scared for no reason in his heart.

He doesn't know what's going on behind everyone's face, and he doesn't understand the subtext that only people of this era understand.But he knew that these Ming people might not be more ruthless than him, but they must be more ruthless than him.

Even if they can both kill, there is a difference between the murderer and the murderer.

He remembers what he looked like after he killed someone. He killed him because the thieves were coming to kill him. Even so, he still couldn't restrain the outlook on life formed by legal education for more than 20 years and the impact of what he saw and heard 500 years ago, which made him worry, fear, dread, Nervous, frightened.

He had seen Bai Yuanjie kill more than once.Taking a piece of paper to read something, nodding slightly, the old cripple was hanged on the high platform by a rope; in the night battle in Heiling, Chen Guan dropped his spear and turned around and ran faster than a rabbit, Chen Mu, who was in a state of confusion, didn't care about others. But Bai Yuanjie cared about it, and didn't hesitate to draw the bow and shoot the arrow. Chen Mu could always hear Bai Yuanjie's exclamation after killing people. What made Chen Mu feel ironic was that he lamented that those who died under his hands went wrong. road.

Chen Mu was not in the mood to find out what the bannerman who was dragged into the forest had done to meet him, and he was not even curious about whether that person was dead or alive.He only knows that just taking care of himself to survive has made him physically and mentally exhausted. He is like a beast in the skin of a wise man hiding in the human world to learn their rules of conduct, or the world 500 years ago was everywhere. Human face and animal heart.

All of this is irrelevant to Chen Mu. If he wants to live, only living is important.

After crossing three mountains and crossing two rivers, the roadside is no longer as sparsely populated as Qingyuanwei Kinki, and the terrain has become flat, and you can see endless paddy fields as far as the eye can see.There are more villages beside the road, and people even set up stalls along the road to sell sea fish brought from the sea hundreds of miles away.The spacious dirt road that could accommodate three carriages gradually became crowded, and the common people avoided them when they saw officers and soldiers in military uniforms carrying knives and guns, let alone more than a dozen corpses carried behind their horses.

Zhang Yongshou became excited, moved to the front of the queue, and talked about the splendor of Guangzhou City to Chen Mu and these country bumpkins without hesitation, pointing at the shadow gradually rising above the horizon and shouting: "Look, Guangzhou City!"

Chen Mu had never seen such a big city wall, and the city wall of Guangzhou Mansion was taller and towering than he imagined.As they moved forward, a huge and wide black shadow gradually gathered on the horizon. It was the city gate and city wall in the southwest corner of Guangzhou City. Zhang Yongshou said that the four walls of Guangzhou City were 790 to 15 feet in three weeks, 190 steps in total. In Chen Mu's eyes, the huge and prosperous city of Guangzhou is like a mountain.The city rises on a slope four or five feet high, and on top of it there is a city wall nearly three feet high. In fact, the battlement muzzles are majestic and majestic.

Across the distant city, you can also see the cornices of the towering buildings in the city wall interlaced next to each other, which is extremely magnificent through the sunlight.

"I've never seen such a big city!"

Zhang Yongshou did not find the shocking expression on Chen Mu's face, and was bored with his pilgrimage-like demeanor. Instead, Shao Tingda, a simple and big man, looked at the distant city wall with dull eyes as if he couldn't move his legs. He was very satisfied, and then Leaning over there, he said with a smile: "Walk more than ten miles, and the people outside the city are densely packed. Hmph, I will definitely open your eyes in a while!"

As he said that, Zhang Yongshou sent two banner men who could ride horses to go to the Guangzhou government office to inquire about the reward for the head of the Heiling bandit. It speeds up a lot, and there are more small movements such as lightly rubbing the index finger with the thumb belly during the march.

He was nervous, thinking about something.

Chen Mu expected that he was calculating whether the head he brought would be enough to be awarded to a hundred households.

In fact, Zhang Yongshou really has nothing to show off. As he gets closer to Guangzhou Mansion, people will feel less and less shocked at the beginning. Instead, they will fall into curiosity about the surrounding scenery, just like the old world overlooking every building Cities are always shocking, but the people who live there don't feel this way, because Chen Mu is already in it without knowing it.

Pedestrians crowded the road, and there were shouts and shouts from the market outside the city along the official road, and there was even a market full of food shops. Merchants selling sea fish, river crabs and wearing blue, black and other plain cloth clothes put the aquatic products on the street. Vendors selling roast suckling pig, smoked pork, and stewed dog meat hang the whole pig outside the shop to attract diners; farmers selling frogs pierce frogs out of their backs with short knives Flesh and flesh move quickly; people wearing silk and silk shirts hear "give way" and "borrow" everywhere on the road, and the noise is full of noise.

Farther away, there is a huge and luxurious painting boat docked on the bank of the wide moat close to the city wall. There are all kinds of pavilions and pavilions on the boat, and even young scholars wearing square scarves and quiet and elegant light-colored robes can be seen drinking together. .

There are so many things that make people dazzled.

Chen Mu and his party did not enter the city, and they brought firecrackers into the city many times. Bai Yuanjie found a hotel to accommodate them. After all, he and Zhang Yongshou had to do business when they went to the city to express their condolences, and they had to stay in Guangzhou for two days.

Everyone handed over their account cards to the shopkeeper to register in the store book, and Bai Yuanjie whispered to Chen Mu about the precautions in the city, "After the money is exchanged, you can go shopping in three streets and six cities outside the city, and you should buy a pair too." Good boots and shoes; if it’s good wine, you can find everything from Guangzhou Fu Shaojiu to Nanjiu, and even Jinhua wine can be bought easily. Most of the Jiaren in Guangcheng are mild-mannered and the prices are fair. .”

Even though Guangzhou Mansion is hundreds of miles away from Qingyuan Guard, they should hand over their guides, but Bai Yuanjie's Hundred Household Seal is the best guide.

As he spoke, Bai Yuanjie put his hands on the shoulders of Chen Mu and Shao Tingda, showing an intriguing smile and said: "If you go to look for flowers and ask willows, the usual price of those who lean on the door to sell laughter is only three or five yuan. If you are willing, you will be a famous prostitute in Guangcheng." The money can also stay overnight, as long as you don’t miss it and set off two days later to return it!”

Shao Tingda's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he wished he could gain knowledge now, while Chen Mu heard goose bumps all over his body when Bai Yuanjie talked about looking for flowers and willows, it's a disease of flowers and willows!
Just at this moment, Zhang Yongshou came from the courtyard of the hotel with two bannermen with red faces, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Chen Erlang, you are rich!"

Note: The store book - the account book of the registered households of the store, is submitted to the government office for inspection every month, and there are occasional official checks.

Hutie—the household registration certificate of the Ming Dynasty, but it is temporarily doubtful whether the household post was used to register accommodation.

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