Linzi City is the second capital-level city seen in this era on the plateau. Although it is still not clear to see the size of the two cities of Handan and Linzi, and the height and thickness of the city are about the same, after entering the city, the plateau found that the prosperity of Linzi City is indeed far more than Handan.

Like most of the cities of this era, Linzi City is also a square structure, with four main roads connecting the four main gates of Linzi City, but the main road of Linzi City is surprisingly wide, estimated to be more than 30 meters, and can drive fifteen carriages side by side. And it is clearly divided into several different paths. In the middle is a wide gallop road that can carry four carriages in parallel, which is used for emergency military situations or the travel of the King of Qi, as well as the walking of high-ranking officials, ordinary officials and hundreds of animals are not allowed to walk on the middle road without the permission of the King of Qi. On each side of the middle road are two roads that can run three carriages in parallel, which are for the carriages of ordinary officials and ordinary people, and on the outside of these two roads, there is a parking lane for parking. The far side is the road for people to walk.

The carriage and pedestrians have their own way, but the car is like flowing water, the people are crowded like ants, bustling, and the noise goes straight into the clouds. Moreover, the costumes and appearances of the pedestrians on the street are strange, and they can be seen by Huayi people almost everywhere in the world.

On both sides of the street, there are tiled houses, painted with vermilion and emerald, colorful. And every once in a short distance, there is a market, or specializing in rice and grain, or silk, or wine vessels, or leather, or cattle and sheep...... Countless.

In the market, there are many wine house girls, countless high-rollers in Chinese costumes come in and out of it, the sound of silk and bamboo drum music, faintly from the wine house girl, but also mixed with the sound of women's chuckles and coquettishness, is even more fascinating.

Although the plateau has seen the prosperous city of later generations, it also feels that this can be called the most prosperous city of this era, and in terms of prosperity and liveliness, it is not inferior to any modern city in any way.

The soldiers who came with the plateau could not help but look around, and they were almost dazzled. Even Lin Wenqing sat in the car and opened the window to watch the cityscape of Linzi. She had heard of the prosperity of Linzi for a long time, and today she finally saw it with her own eyes, and she couldn't help but sigh, the country of Qi is rich, and the prosperity of Zicheng is really worthy of its reputation.

After walking for about three or four miles, the tall and majestic Qi Palace in front of you was in front of you. Tian Pei pointed to a side street and said to Gao Yuan: "Lord Shangqing, the pavilion dedicated to entertaining envoys from various countries is in front of this street, the old man and An Pingjun want to go to the palace to meet the king first, please Lord Shangqing go to the pavilion to rest first, and wait for the king to summon you." After a while, the old man will ask the dog to entertain Lord Shangqing and his party. ”

Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait at the pavilion below." And Tian Kezang also ordered Tian Simao to accompany Gao Yuan and the others to the pavilion.

The people were divided into two groups and moved forward separately, and the plateau and his party, under the leadership of Tian Simong, turned from the main road to the side road, and moved forward for about nearly a kilometer, and came to the front of the pavilion.

Ling Feng stepped forward and handed the letter of state to the doorman guarding the entrance of the pavilion. After the doorman entered, it took a long time for several officials to come out of it, led by a big fat man, who stood on the steps, looked left and right, and said, "Where is the mission from Daijun?" ”

In fact, Gao Yuan and the others are at the foot of the steps, there are hundreds of people, according to the usual etiquette, they are all here to participate in the birthday of Qi Wangjian, they are the VIPs of the Qi country, after the staff of the pavilion learned about it, they should come up very respectfully to greet them, but this fat man is like turning a blind eye, obviously deliberately making things difficult, but Ling Feng did not count with him, went up a few steps, and said: "We are the envoy of Daijun." ”

The fat man looked Ling Feng up and down at this time, and said: "This is the first-class pavilion post for receiving VIPs, not the place where you Daijun envoys should live, you should stay in the lower-class pavilion post, you can't receive you here." ”

His voice was not small, and Gao Yuan, Tian Sixiang and others on the steps heard it very clearly. According to the conventions of the nations, the pavilion post is divided into upper, middle and lower three classes, and the upper pavilion post is used to receive Zhou Tianzi and the envoys of the kingdom; The medium pavilion is to receive envoys equal to one's own country; The inferior pavilion is to receive the envoys of the state who are lower than themselves. But then Zhou Tianxiao lost power, and all countries have been called kings, so that everyone's position is equal, so the reception standard of the pavilion post has also changed, and the superior pavilion post is used to receive important ministers from various countries, distinguished guests invited by the country and people recognized by the world; The medium pavilion is to receive envoys who come and go on general affairs; Inferior kan inns are people who receive non-officials, etc.

Gao Yuan's current identity is the Shangqing of Daijun, and he came at the invitation of Qi State, so he should naturally stay in the high-class pavilion, so after hearing this, Tian Sixiang's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he hurriedly said to Gao Yuan: "Lord Shangqing, please wait here and negotiate with them later." With that, he immediately jumped out of the carriage and walked up the steps in a few steps.

And Gao Yuan didn't get angry, on the contrary, he showed a smile, it seems that this trip to Linzi is very interesting.

Tian Simung came to the fat man and said, "This lord, they are the envoys from Daijun and are participating in the king's birthday, so naturally they should live in the high-class pavilion, why do you want them to live in the lower-class pavilion." ”

The fat man glanced at Tian Simian and said in a long voice: "What are you doing, why are you asking so much." ”

Tian Simaung said: "Below is An Pingjun's general, and he is on the order of An Pingjun to receive the delegation of Daijun. ”

Hearing that it was An Pingjun's general, the fat man's attitude was slightly restrained, and he said: "The high-class pavilion post is used to entertain VIPs from other countries who are equivalent to the status of my Qi country, what is the Daijun county, but it is a county of Zhao State, not even a candidate country, that is qualified to live in the first-class pavilion post, and can only live in the lower-class pavilion post." ”

Tian Simon couldn't help but change color a little, and said: "Bold, the envoy of Daijun is still the honored guest of Qi State, you dare to be so lazy and honorable, and don't hurry to welcome them into the pavilion to settle down, and be careful to treat your sin." ”

The fat man rolled his eyes and said, "What are you doing, do you use An Pingjun to scare me, no matter how powerful An Pingjun is, it is also in Jimo, can you still manage Linzi?" As long as I Liu Xu is here, they can't live in the first-class pavilion, and when it comes to this, I won't accompany them. After saying that, he turned around and was about to enter the pavilion.

Tian Sixiang was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he was about to grab Liu Xu, only to hear Gao Yuan laughing at the bottom of the steps: "Mr. Tian, it seems that your Qi country is called the state of etiquette in vain, and you are so snubbing your distinguished guests, even if this is the case, you go to reply to the king of Qi, we will go back to Daijun now, and we will not participate in the birthday of the king of Qi." ”

Liu Xu listened, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, in fact, he didn't let Gao Yuan and his party live in the pavilion, that is, he was instructed to deliberately make things difficult, and humiliated Gao Yuan and others, but he didn't expect that Gao Yuan would actually respond to himself by leaving Linzi, if Gao Yuan and his party really left Qi and returned to Dai County, it would be a big disaster, after all, this is not an ordinary mission, it is to participate in Qi Wangjian's birthday.

Therefore, Liu Xu also stopped, still hesitating in his heart, whether to turn the corner and plead with Gao Yuan, but he was too full of words just now, and now he can't pull it back for a while. And Gao Yuan didn't care about him, because he knew in his heart that even if he left Linzi, Qi would get him back, after all, Qi couldn't afford to lose face. Therefore, after Gao Yuan finished speaking, he immediately ordered to turn around and leave Linzi.

At this moment, I saw a carriage coming, and the person in the carriage was an official, and there were sharp-eyed people in the team on the plateau who recognized it as Tian Tong, who had been on an envoy to the Qi country.

Seeing Tian Tong rushing closer, seeing the appearance of the plateau's team leaving, he couldn't help but be puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

When Tian Sixiang saw it, he immediately greeted him and told Tian Tong what had just happened. After hearing this, Tian Tong couldn't help but be surprised, stared at Liu Xu fiercely, hurriedly jumped down from the car, and stopped the horse's head in the plateau, he had only met the plateau once, and now the plateau was disguised again, he naturally couldn't recognize the plateau, and said: "Lord Shangqing, don't go, don't go." ”

In fact, Gao Yuan didn't want to go, so he immediately took the horse with him, and deliberately said with a straight face: "Since you Qi Country is so rude and neglects your guests, what am I going to do here, although Daijun is small, it must not be humiliated." ”

Tian Tong hurriedly said: "Lord Shangqing, don't leave first, don't be in a hurry, this is all Liu Xu's rudeness, it is definitely my Qi country's intention, and Liu Xu will be severely punished in the future." As he spoke, he turned his head and shouted on the steps: "Liu Xu, why don't you come down quickly and apologize to Lord Shangqing." ”

At this time, Liu Xu was also stupid, just now he dared not to sell Tian Sichang's account, because Tian Kezhang was only a local magistrate after all, and he didn't have much power in Linzi City, and Tian Simang was only Tian Kezang's family, not an official. But Tian Tong is different, he is not only the clan of Qi State, but also a doctor, and Liu Xu's official position is only a sergeant, but it is much bigger, although Liu Xu has a backstage behind him, but Tian Tong is not a single person, plus this matter was originally Liu Xu did not do it right, if he was stabbed to Qi Wangjian, it must be Liu Xu's fault, so he just borrowed this ladder to go down the wall.

But at this moment, Gao Yuan said: "Slow. ”

Tian Tong said: "What else does Shangqing have to say?" ”

Gao Yuan deliberately pretended not to know Tian Tong, and said, "This lord is famous and shouting. ”

Tian Simung hurriedly introduced: "This is Dr. Tian Tongtian, the son of Wucheng Jun, who once sent an envoy to Daijun. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "It turned out to be Dr. Tian, and it was okay if he wanted us to stay, but just now he said that as long as he is here, we can't live in the first-class pavilion, so if he is here, we will never stay in Linzi City." ”

And Tian Simung also said on the side: "Lord Tian, I also heard it just now, Liu Xu did say so. ”