Chapter 741: Inside the Wall and Outside the Wall
Lan Ziyi said in surprise:
"It's only been a few days since the beginning of autumn, and there is still a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so busy so early, the capital is not ordinary."
After speaking, Lan Ziyi looked around, accompanied by the brisk pace of the horse, Lan Ziyi's own mood was also refreshed, and he looked at the people of the capital who lived and worked in peace and contentment, no matter where it was, it was peaceful, rich and healthy, and the iron hooves that knocked on the stone road knocked Lan Ziyi's heart into a song, and Lan Ziyi hummed a minor tune with it. Seeing Lan Ziyi like this, Tao Chase Rabbit on the side said with a smile:
"Young master, are you in such a good mood today?"
Lan Ziyi said:
"Autumn and summer are gone, I don't have to suffer, I am naturally in a good mood, and ......"
Peach Chase Tiger Road:
"And?"
Lan Ziyi smiled:
"And the people of this capital can live and work in peace and contentment, and they are so rich, I don't think I fought in vain on the battlefield, presumably this is the feeling of making a contribution."
The Tao brothers looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, and followed Lan Ziyi to ride briskly. Walking all the way to the east gate, Lan Ziyi asked the vendors on the road from time to time how they were buying and selling, what the price of things was, and some traders and pedestrians who recognized Lan Ziyi would say two good words such as "Thank you Weihou for killing the thief".
When he walked to the east gate, Lan Ziyi was already impressed by the prosperous scene in the capital, he only felt that it was fluttering like entering the clouds, and if there were scholars in later generations, he would definitely be able to read his record of Lan Ziyi killing thieves and fixing chaos from the history books. It's just that when I got to the east gate, I wanted to pass through the urn city, and the vendors and liquor shops on the street were gone, and Lan Ziyi also calmed down. At this time, if you look around, there are many pedestrians entering the city, and if you look closely, you will find that these people are in a hurry, and many of them are wearing vegetables.
Lan Ziyi was shocked when he saw this, and just wanted to ask about the situation but choked on his words, he had seen the tragic situation of starvation all over the Jiangbei River, even the people in a rich place like Yuhang couldn't eat, and the people in other places couldn't have food. As soon as he thought of these Lan Ziyi's hearts, he suddenly cooled half, and then the soldiers guarding the city were actually checking the people entering and leaving the city gate. Tao Zhuhu stepped forward and handed over the identity documents to the sergeants, and when the sergeants saw that it was Lan Ziyi and others, they let them out.
The inside of the city wall only reached the city gate, Lan Ziyi already felt desolate, through the doorway, after coming to the outside of the city, Lan Ziyi finally saw what reality was. I saw that a large number of people gathered outside the city gate wanted to enter the city, but they were blocked by the gatekeepers, and on both sides of the road into the city lay ragged people, all of them were rickety, and their faces were haggard, and they did not know whether they had eaten.
Lan Ziyi only glanced at this scene and closed his eyes and skimmed his face, but there was such a miserable scene all around, where could he leave his face. Someone spoke, and Lan Ziyi could tell it was a northern accent. Lan Ziyi sighed:
"I didn't expect there to be northern refugees outside the east gate! How do you get excited? “
Seeing Lan Ziyi's face change suddenly, the Tao family brothers knew that he was uncomfortable, but they didn't know how to persuade him, so Tao Zhuhu had to explain:
"Young master, have you forgotten? An important ferry port of the Jingkou River, the southern section of the canal enters the river from Jingkou, and there are displaced people in the north who go south, and it is normal to escape to Jingkou from the east gate. “
Lan Ziyi said again:
"Haven't you already allocated food and gone out? Why are people fleeing south? “
Tao Zhuhu couldn't answer, and looked back at his two brothers, Tao Zhulu took over and replied:
"Even if the grain is transported, it will not be able to be delivered to the place in a moment and a half, there are always people who run fast and far, and when they come to the capital, they will naturally be seen by you, young master."
Lan Ziyi sighed:
"You've already fled here, so why don't you let them into the city?"
Lan Ziyi asked this question, and the three Tao brothers couldn't answer it, Lan Ziyi actually knew the answer, if so many homeless people were put into the capital, they would have to eat and drink and have no livelihood to live, but I don't know what kind of mess they have to poke? Only by keeping them all out can we make the warblers sing and dance in the capital, and the world is peaceful!
Lan Ziyi looked up to the sky and sighed:
"How can whitewashed peace be considered peace? Where did I get my deeds? Ziyi is worthy of the world! “
After saying that, Lan Ziyi whipped the horse and quickly fled from the east gate. But if you can escape from the front of you, you can't escape from the capital, you can't escape the world, even if Lan Ziyi quickly leaves the present, no longer looking at the starvation at the door of the car, but there are still dilapidated villages on the way, barren land, and uninhabited Qianmo waiting for Lan Ziyi. After the beginning of autumn, the capital has begun to put up lanterns to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the fields outside the capital do not even have a farmer to do farm work and prepare for the autumn harvest, Lan Ziyi then understood that the city walls around the capital are higher than the sky and thicker than the earth, and the inside and outside of the city wall is the difference between heaven and hell.
It was also thanks to Lan Ziyi's quick horse after leaving the city, and the road was no longer as delayed as in the capital, and he finally arrived at the Donghu Camp before it was dark and closed the camp. The soldiers guarding the barracks saw Lan Ziyi and his party coming from a distance, so they went in early to inform the commander, and after Lan Ziyi arrived, he just checked the documents and made a look, and then put the people into the camp.
Under the leadership of the sergeant, Lan Ziyi walked along the corridor in the camp to the rear ya, passing through the front hall and saw many sergeants were setting up strings and adjusting bows, and then walked back and saw many sergeants in the shooting range practicing foot shooting, and the infantry practiced bird guns, and there were soldiers on the racetrack marching forward and backward in a whole line, and flying horses galloped past to shoot down the hanging targets on the wooden frame in the distance, all of which were very similar to the soldiers who were trained in Luoyan Pass, and the Northern Army trained in this way.
Lan Ziyi looked at the sergeants who were training, and the sergeants also looked back because of the people behind them, and as soon as the two eyes made contact, the sergeants over there secretly ignited their eyes. Lan Ziyi was about to nod his head, but he felt the heavy footsteps in front of the road that shook the building and wanted to move, and turned his head to see Gao Yanzong walking towards him with big strides, and Gao Yanzong kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief while walking, but the handkerchief could only wipe off the sweat on his face, and the sweat flowing from Gao Yanzong's body had already soaked his clothes,
It flowed down the corners of the armor to the ground.
Lan Ziyi and Gao Yanzong met, each saluted, and the Tao brothers who followed also followed with Lan Ziyi, and after the incident, Gao Yanzong smiled and asked Lan Ziyi:
"Is the sun coming out in the west today? What wind brought the Marquis to me? ”
Lan Ziyi smiled:
"I have long said that I want to come to Mr. Gao to drink and run horses, and I happened to come here when I was free recently, doesn't Mr. Gao want me to come?"
Gao Yanzong looked at Lan Ziyi up and down, and replied with a smile:
"I welcome Wei Hou to come at any time, but Wei Hou will come when he wants to come, why is he sad? Did you encounter a robbery on the road? ”
Lan Ziyi knew that he had not yet adjusted his mood when he saw the miserable situation of the people just now, so he hurriedly changed his words and joked:
"I have never been the only one to rob others, why is anyone so bold as to intercept me?"
Gao Yanzong laughed when he heard this, and then beckoned Lan Ziyi and said:
"What Wei Hou said is that there are really no people in this world who dare to rob you. Let's go, you must be hungry when you came from the capital, just about to finish eating, follow me to the back to eat and drink. ”
At this time, followed Lan Ziyi's peach chase deer:
"Young master, you go with Master Gao first, my eldest brother Saburo and I haven't ridden and shot for a long time, and when I see someone running a horse, I can't bear it, so you let us run two laps, and then we will accompany you and Master Gao to have a drink."