Fu Canglu

Chapter 113
37 cities in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Luoyang is located in the heart of the Northern Wei Dynasty.And Quanyang Pass is the northernmost Xiongguan Pass adjacent to Beiyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The winding road between Luoyang and Quanyang Pass stretches for thousands of miles, with three passes and six cities in between.

The 37 cities of the Northern Wei Dynasty refer to the real large cities in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even if the city owner can't reach the level of the four vassal kings, he is still a first-class figure among the eight kingdoms.As for the small cities under his command, there are really too many to count.

Qing'an City is a small city in the north of Yaobei Pass.This small city is located slightly north of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but fortunately, the city is as its name suggests, relaxed and peaceful.

The morning of the first day of July.

A fast horse entered Qing'an City.

The patrolling soldiers at the city gate signaled to stop.

There are boys and girls on the horse's back, slowly slowing down the horse's hooves.The young man smiled and patted the horse's head, got off the horse, and led the horse. The girl on the horse's back wrapped her hands around the horse's neck, lying on the horse and asked with a smile, "Brother, why don't we continue to go north and choose this place to enter the city? "

Yi Xiao had no choice but to press down on her bamboo hat, covering the girl's pretty face.

The sunshine in this ancient city is very good, and the air is refreshing at the beginning of the day.

Yi Xiao watched the patrolling soldier approaching slowly, and explained in a low voice next to the girl's ear: "Although I said the invitation to Beiguan, I escaped from those bad guys temporarily. But our situation is not necessarily safe now, we have to stay here After seeing the situation clearly, the choice is to continue going north, or to mediate."

The girl seemed to understand, but obediently hummed.She blinked, looked at the patrolling soldier holding two portraits in front of her, and said again: "Brother, let me do the talking this time."

The boy in black watched a patrolling soldier approaching the gate of the city, holding two portraits in his hand, looked at the two of them for a moment, and finally stopped his horse.

Yi Xiao narrowed her eyes and nodded, and patted the girl on the head, signaling not to be nervous.

"Look up." The soldier said coldly, pointing at the girl on the horseback.

Yi Xiao quickly took off the bamboo hat she wore for the girl, revealing that delicate face, and at the same time looked down to see the general appearance of herself and Mingzhuer on the portrait in the soldier's hand.

Looking at the horrible painting skills on that portrait, he faintly wanted to laugh.I have never shown my true face in Fengting City, this portrait has the words Mr. Yi clearly marked on it, but it paints Mr. Yi as an extremely handsome young man, which is far from myself.

Is it possible that I am so perfect in the hearts of those people?

As for Mingzhu'er, who was naturally beautiful and hard to give up, the portrait was extremely scribbled, and her facial features were blurred and she couldn't see clearly.Yi Xiao shook her head secretly, with such a portrait, even the Northern Wei Dynasty could not capture the real Mr. Yi, right?
Not to mention catching the prepared and meticulously disguised self.

There were too many brothers and sisters like them in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the notices from above were issued layer by layer, and these patrolling soldiers were just coping with the matter.Yi Xiao has encountered this kind of temporary interrogation twice on the previous journey.

Not surprisingly.

The patrolling soldier was startled for a moment by that delicate girl's face, lowered his head and silently looked at the very ordinary girl in the portrait, he had already reached a conclusion in his heart, raised his head deliberately and asked with a straight face: " What is the relationship between you two? Where is your ancestral home?"

As if waiting for this sentence, the girl on the horseback suddenly smiled charmingly, and said the lines that she had memorized fluently: "Our brother and sister are from Futu City under the Quanyang Pass in the Northern Wei Dynasty. My name is Yi Xiaoan, and my brother is Futu. Yi Shaoyou, a great talent who has been well-known since he was a child, is going south to go to Luoyang Palace for an examination, and rest in Qing'an City."

The patrolling soldier was slightly taken aback, Futu City is indeed a small city under Quanyang Pass, the appearance of these two young people is completely different from the portrait.

But. Easy to travel less?
The patrolling soldier suddenly looked at the boy in black strangely, and asked suspiciously: "When did Futu City produce scholars who can enter the capital for interviews? You said that your brother was famous in Futu City when he was young. Why haven't I heard of it?"

Yi Xiao was startled, thinking of a very unlikely event.

The girl on the horseback was startled slightly, her eyes rolled slightly, and suddenly said with a surprise: "This brother looks familiar, is he also from Futu City?"

Patrolman Li Goudan was startled suddenly when he heard the words, and said, "That's right."

He looked at this girl's face that bullied Shuang Shengxue, and he couldn't think of such a family in the city that could give birth to such a juicy girl.

Mingzhuer blinked at Yi Xiao suddenly.

She rolled her eyes and said, "You are Brother Goudan?"

Li Goudan was even more shocked.

He rubbed his head and muttered, "No, I'm from Li Family Village outside Futu City, why haven't I seen someone like you?"

Ming Zhu'er coughed, "Li Goudan? Didn't you tell the folks a few years ago that you were going out for a living?"

Li Goudan was very ashamed when he heard the words, and he hesitated and said: "In this year, there is no third-rank, and the city lord's mansion doesn't want it. I don't know that with the strength of third-rank, I can't be a city patrol in this life. Finding an official to do it, I always heard that the officialdom in the Northern Wei Dynasty was too dark, so it doesn't matter if you can't get in."

The patrol soldier coughed, leaned over and said in a low voice, "I'll tell my folks about this, but please don't spread it to the outside world."

Yi Xiao looked at Li Goudan with a strange face and chattered endlessly.

"The officialdom in the Northern Wei Dynasty is extremely dirty, and it is notorious for black people to eat black people. Don't even think about entering the city lord's mansion without 100 taels. In the past, if you practiced high-quality martial arts and got to the fifth rank, you don't have to worry about it in this life. It's different now, National Normal University People say that the times have progressed, and the ninth rank is everywhere, but I don’t think it’s easy to practice martial arts? His Majesty in Luoyang said that no one with a sixth rank will not be granted a full-time official title.”

"What the hell are the scholars going south in July? Those who can't practice want to learn calligraphy. Who doesn't know if people in the Northern Wei Dynasty can type or not? Jiangshan was beaten from the back of a horse. I have a headache when I read the book. Others Not to mention, take our Futu City as an example, how many of them can come up with a famous trick?" Li Goudan suddenly glanced at the boy in black who seemed to be full of poems, and then caught a glimpse of the girl with an unhappy face, and changed his words embarrassingly. : "Of course that's not the case. Knowledge changes destiny. Reading is more promising than practicing martial arts."

Yi Xiao suddenly became interested in this fellow villager who stumbled into him by accident, and he asked with a smile: "Is it really so difficult for scholars to find their way out?"

Patrolman Li saw the high-spirited appearance of this young schoolboy, with a restrained smile on his face, and his eyes were a little sad.

"Boy, we are all in the same family and don't speak other family's language. The Northern Wei Dynasty was obviously forced to be carried on the stage. Scholars had to come to Beijing once a year to compete with Qi Liang and win the top ten in the world. Talented man. I don’t understand the truth, but the facts are right in front of my eyes. The Northern Wei Dynasty said that there were thousands of miles of territory, and 37 cities were missing, so which inch of land can be used to the fullest?” He shook his head and said, “In a few days It was the day when that Wannian in Qing'an City was at the bottom of the list, that down-and-out scholar who had been out of the list for 13 years, the first time he went to Luoyang, was he not high-spirited, who still thinks highly of him now?"

Yi Xiao was in a daze.

The patrolling soldier let the two go, and he did not forget to sigh: "It's not easy in this world, boy, do your palace exam well, and win honor for us in the Northern Wei Dynasty. I heard that the talents in Qiliang Jiangnan Road are really good at reading, and they eat well wherever they go. , if you are willing to come to the Northern Wei Dynasty, your monthly salary may be several times that of ours."

Yi Xiao finally couldn't help laughing, shook her head and led the horse into the city.

The girl on the horse poked her head out as if asking for credit, and pouted triumphantly, but a chestnut that was neither heavy nor light was knocked on her forehead.

She rubbed her flushed forehead and looked at the boy leading the horse slightly annoyed.

Yi Xiao suddenly asked curiously: "How do you know that he is called Goudan?"

Mingzhu'er smiled smugly, deliberately holding her appetite and not answering, she made a grimace and waited for him to turn around.

Can't wait for a long time.

She couldn't hold her breath anymore, she didn't make faces anymore, she just let out a cold snort.

Yi Xiao laughed dumbfounded and turned around, seeing the girl on the horse back immediately put on another grimace.

"Don't say it! Yi Xiaoan is angry!"

"Yi Xiaoan said that the consequences of her anger are very serious."

The girl rolled her eyes, and added: "Yi Xiaoan said again, you have to eat a delicious meal before you are willing to calm down."

A good restaurant in Qing'an City.

The table was messy.

The girl was rubbing her contented chubby belly, hiccupping cheerfully, subconsciously trying to wipe her mouth with the boy's sleeve, when a finger was pressed against her forehead.

Yi Xiao was slightly annoyed, "Pay attention to your image."

The girl muttered, "What image does Yi Xiaoan want?"

After a while, Yi Xiao looked helplessly at the grease stains on his sleeves, pretending to be vicious and said: "In the future, we two will go to the rivers and lakes, but we are not allowed to be so prodigal, eating two taels of silver for a meal, do you know what the concept is?"

The girl blinked and said, "Thirty bowls of Yangchun noodles and fried eggs with chopped green onions."

"How dare you eat like this if you know it?" Yi Xiao picked up the girl's ears and said, "Money is not money? What if you practice martial arts in the future? If you eat like this, I won't support you anymore!"

The girl begged for mercy in a low voice, shouting pain, pain, pain, and waiting for Yi Xiao to let go, but she lay down in Yi Xiao's arms like a slippery fish, pulling out a wad of banknotes with extremely dexterous little hands.

She suddenly smiled and sat upright, stuffed the wad of banknotes into her chest, puffed out her bulging chest, and said, "Brother, I will support you."

Yi Xiao stared dumbfounded at the 10 taels of silver bills that Feng Tingcheng swindled into this girl's arms.

"Here, here." The girl looked at the restless eyes of the crowd in the small restaurant, giggled, and said, "Brother, no wonder they say that money is not a good thing. You are a majestic Ninth-Rank Master of Mori Dao, How about you beat them all down?"

The audience was in an uproar, and no one dared to look at the siblings with malicious eyes.

Yi Xiao helplessly raised her forehead, where did Great Alchemy Su pick up such a top-quality evildoer?
Mingzhu'er had enough food and drink, dragged Yi Xiao out of the small restaurant, and started chattering along the way.

"Brother, Master said when he took me on a trip before that people need to look at their face. They can know people by face, rich or poor, high or low, and you can tell at a glance. That's how Master used to travel in the rivers and lakes. He said that he can look at a person's face, basically Then you can walk the rivers and lakes." Ming Zhuer said triumphantly.

Yi Xiao almost didn't laugh out loud, thinking that your big foolish master might still be blind when he was walking around the rivers and lakes.

"You don't believe it?" Ming Zhu'er raised her eyebrows and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll show you."

Surprised, Yi Xiao knelt down, touched her face with those two fair little hands, tapped and tapped, and finally came to a ridiculous conclusion: "Brother, your face is just one word."

"handsome."

Rao Yi Xiao couldn't stand this flattery, her old face was slightly red.

Dare to love that this girl is not young in the world, but has been trapped in the world of mortals early?Learned to set up tricks at a young age to flatter people in an unconventional way?
This flattery skill is really profound, it can be called fresh and refined.

"It's got it." Yi Xiao has nothing to do with this girl, and is about to take her to find a good place to live. She suddenly turns around and asks seriously: "How did you find out today? Could it be that you really know each other?"

The girl burst out laughing, rolled her eyes and said, "Brother, do you really think you are handsome?"

Yi Xiao pulled his face slightly.

The next sentence came like a bolt from the blue.

"The badge on the patrolling soldier is clearly written, Li Goudan. Can't read?"

I don't know whether to be contemptuous or not, the old god Ming Zhuer shook his head and sighed: "How important knowledge is! Knowledge can change destiny!"

After finishing speaking, he strode away with his head held high and his chest held high.

Leaving Yi Xiao alone in the wind, it is inevitable that there will be some bleak back.

(End of this chapter)