Chapter 0002: The threshold in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion is high

When everyone arrived at Xinzheng Gate, the door was already full of people.

The guards and soldiers strictly checked the officials, baggage, and goods of the people.

After verifying the identity and confirming that the goods carried are free of contraband, they will be released.

In comparison, the inventory of ships coming and going on the West Water Gate next to Xinzheng Gate is not so rigorous.

From outside the city, to inside the city.

The two masters and servants of Kou Ji are like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden, their eyes have not stopped, they keep looking, and they look around.

After entering the city, a group of people who went on the road together, arched their hands to each other, and promised to meet in Fanlou and other places after they became rich.

Then they parted ways on the spot.

Or to the east, or to the south, along the avenue all the way heroically, and finally disappeared into the vast sea of people.

While sorting out the goods that had been turned over by the soldiers, Zhang Cheng turned his head sideways and asked Kou Ji, "Brother Kou Ji, where are you going?" ”

Kou Ji retracted his gaze and smiled: "Go to Kou Mansion on Mahang Street!" ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head with a smile.

Raising his hand and patting it, ten copper coins were stuffed into Kou Ji's hand.

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, he jumped into the wheel of the ox cart, flicked his leather whip, and left the place.

"The lady in the family is strict, and my brother can't give you too much money. If you really can't get along in Bianjing City, you will go to Qinchuan Cloth Store in Xiwazi City to find your brother. Remember, deception is not a long-term solution......"

Zhang Cheng's voice was drowned out by the calls of the small traders and vendors around him, and even the ox cart with him was buried by the vast crowd.

Kou Ji looked at the place where Zhang Cheng left, clenched the ten copper coins in his hand, and whispered to himself, "Xiwazi City, Qinchuan Cloth Company, I remember ......"

Ten copper coins were quickly carried into Kou Ji's arms, and then he glared threateningly at the people around him who were full of covetous eyes.

When those people stared back, Kou Ji had already dragged Erbao and disappeared into the sea of people.

The city of Bianjing is huge, with two million people living in it.

Mahang Street is very far away, half an hour away from Xinzheng Gate.

Kou Ji pulled Erbao and asked for directions more than a dozen times along the way, taking six wrong lanes, and finally figured out the way to Mahang Street.

Along the way, Kou Ji also enjoyed the scenery of Bianjing City.

The streets are lined with pedestrians and lined with shops.

Foot shops, wine shops, cloth shops, restaurants, green buildings, teaching workshops, etc., abound.

Small traders and vendors carry their burdens through the crowd, and those who sell wontons and cooking cakes will stop beside you with their burdens as soon as they say hello.

The vendor selling sugar gourds, wrapped in his placket, kept shouting with a string of sugar gourds in his hands, and from time to time dangled in front of the eyes of young children.

The shiny and red sugar gourd immediately attracted Erbao.

Erbao didn't leave, standing in front of the vendor, staring at the sugar gourd and drooling vigorously.

When the vendor saw the business coming to the door, he shouted more energetically, and from time to time he took the sugar gourd and licked it in his mouth, making a sound of clattering and clattering.

Erbao couldn't wait to pounce and snatch it from him.

Kou Ji shouted at him twice, but he didn't call him.

It seems that such a scholar servant, if he is placed in someone else's mansion, will probably be beaten to death with a stick.

Kou Ji wants to lose his temper, but he must be afraid of Erbao when he loses his temper.

But in the end he held back.

For people in this era, Erbao is already a man who can start a family.

But he has lived in the countryside for a long time, and he doesn't go out of the countryside much on weekdays, and he rarely interacts with other people, so he is simple like a child.

Kou Ji regarded him by the standards of later generations, and also treated him as a child.

"Smack~"

Kou Ji took three copper coins out of his bosom and threw them at the pesky peddler.

Erbao got his wish and got a string of shiny and red sugar gourds.

He licked the sugar gourd and looked at Kou Ji gratefully.

At this moment, he felt that his young master was the best person in the world.

Koji glared at him and continued on his way.

After passing the Zhengmen in the inner city, we rushed all the way to the state bridge.

The cars and horses on the bridge are like dragons, and the boats under the bridge are shuttling non-stop.

There are literati with fluttering sleeves, standing on the bow of the boat carrying a wine jug and reciting poems; There are wealthy businessmen who are greedy for the milky white fish soup made by the boat lady, and keep sucking the bowl with a bowl.

A large boat went down the river.

As he passed the state bridge, the captain of the boat shouted loudly as he pulled the rope that bound the sails.

The boatmen rolled up their sleeves and went barefoot, pulling desperately at the ropes on the sails.

The one-foot-high sails were lowered, and the guests on board bowed their heads to avoid it.

The big ship leapt across the state bridge, and at the shouts of the ship's boss, the sails were pulled up again.

The scene was spectacular.

Kou Ji couldn't help but stand on the edge of the state bridge and witnessed this spectacular scene.

Erbao glanced at this, and then continued to pounce on the sugar gourd.

The syrup on the sugar gourd had been licked clean by him.

The round hawthorn bit into his mouth, and he shivered with acid.

Kou Ji continued to hurry with Erbao.

After the state bridge, further east is the Great Xiangguo Temple, after the Great Xiangguo Temple, it is the Mahang Street.

Along Mahang Street all the way to the north, behind the Great Xiangguo Temple, is Jingling Palace.

Jingling Palace is in the west of Mahang Street, and the east side of the street is Kou Mansion.

In Kou Ji's fantasy, with Kou Zhun's status, the place where he is should be crowded.

But the reality is obviously different from his fantasy.

Except for the two huge stone lions guarding the door, only one gate sat in the gatehouse and dozed off.

Other than that, there was no one.

Kou Ji straightened his clothes, patted the dust on his body, and slowly puffed up his chest.

When he turned his head to look at Erbao, he was almost angry.

There was only one left of a bunch of sugar gourds that were eaten, and he seemed to be a little reluctant to eat it, so he took it in his hand and licked it vigorously.

Kou Ji roughly snatched the sugar gourd from Erbao's hand, and in his nervous gaze, he took off the hawthorn.

Erbao was anxious, "Young master, I've licked ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Kou Ji brutally stuff the hawthorn into his mouth and gag his mouth.

"After entering Bianjing, we are the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, don't embarrass your young master, otherwise you won't want to eat half a sugar gourd in the future!"

Koji is a vicious threat.

Erbao shrunk his neck in fright, and after timidly agreeing, he obediently followed behind Kou Ji.

Kou Ji straightened his clothes again, and slowly stepped forward, stepping on the three-foot-high steps of Kou Mansion.

The stairs have three floors and are paved with bluestone, which is very smooth.

"Where did you come from to ask for food, go along, is this a place where you can come?"

The dozing doorman in the porter, who didn't know when he had woken up, lay at the entrance of the gatehouse, looking at the master and servant of Kou Ji with a threatening face.

When Kou Ji heard this, he said with a straight face: "My surname is Kou, from Huazhou!" ”

"Kou? From Huazhou? ”

Menzi's eyes widened and he repeated.

Then he burst into laughter with Kou Ji's arrogant look.

"This decade, the surname Kou, from Huazhou, I met seven or eight masters."

After laughing, Menzi's face turned cold.

"Hurry up, run to the door of Kou Mansion to swagger and cheat, it's just begging!"