Chapter 715: Yangzhou City
Early the next morning, the group set off for the northwest, where the Taihu Lake blocked the road in the west and southwest directions, so they had to go northwest and bypass the Taihu Lake before turning to the southwest.
Basically, you can bypass Taihu Lake in Wuxi, but they plan to go all the way north, go directly to Yangzhou, if you can take a boat, go south along the Yangtze River, it will be much easier, it is better than taking the land route to save time and effort, and Yuzhou is on the Yangtze River, and you can also pass through Chongqing by water.
There are more than 300 miles from Guiyin Mountain to Yangzhou, but the group is a master of martial arts, and they arrived outside Yangzhou in just two days.
At Ouyang Fei's suggestion, Elder Shi and his entourage changed into Han family clothes and pretended to be a small caravan, but they were not eye-catching.
Yangzhou City is one of the best cities in the south of the Yangtze River, the outline of the city can be seen from afar, and before entering the city, there is an endless stream of business and travel teams outside the wall, and there are also many trading places outside the city, showing a faction of prosperity.
There are many patrol officers at the pass of the city gate, Xiaoyao and others did not care at first, and thought that it was because Yangzhou City had many rights and wrongs, so the pass was also guarded more strictly.
When the group entered the city gate, they found a group of people talking about it in front of a notice board on the street opposite the gate.
"Xiaoyao, go and see what the notice says!"
"Good. ”
Xiaoyao leaned up to watch, but saw a notice that read: "According to the order of Yangzhou Taishou, the city has been rampant recently, in order to track down the suspects, business travelers, according to the law, they are only allowed to enter the city, not out of the city." ”
Xiaoyao was slightly surprised, and said in surprise: "Only allowed to enter but not to leave? How can there be such a reason? This is also ridiculous." ”
A city man next to him said: "This can't be helped, the city of Yangzhou has been too unquiet recently, stealing, destroying doors, everywhere, how can you choose this time?"
Li said puzzledly: "The public order is not good, it is your official master who should arrest people, and forbid everyone to go out of the city, doesn't this treat a Yangzhou city as a big prison cell, and all of them are locked up?"
The people in the city smiled, didn't comment, and walked away, Xiaoyao also turned around and left when he saw this, and went back to tell Ouyang Fei about the situation, Ouyang Fei just nodded slightly, looking indifferent.
Xiaoyao naturally understood that it was because they wanted to leave the city, and who could stop them?
Ouyang Fei said: "Don't worry about it, it's not early, let's find a place to stay first!"
Xiaoyao had no objections, but Elder Shi and his entourage were not qualified to express their opinions, but they followed silently behind them, and along the way, there were rows of shops on both sides, knife grinding shops, wine and meat shops, weapons shops, pawnshops, north and south goods, inns, all kinds of stores were full of people and busy.
After passing by a few small inns, Ouyang Fei turned a blind eye, there were twenty of them, and such a small inn could not live.
After walking a few streets, I saw a notice on the wall, which read: "It is found that there is a gang of female snitches who are thieves, lawless, stealing everywhere, and doing many evils. ”
Xiaoyao said: "Look, even women in Yangzhou City have committed crimes." ”
Lin Yueru echoed: "This is really special, I thought that the female thief was only in the legend of the Tang Dynasty!"
Xiaoyao laughed and said: "I don't know if it's your ability to be strong, or the ability of these female thieves." ”
Lin Yueru smiled and said, "If you have the opportunity, you may be able to compete." ”
Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled, "If that female thief meets you two heroes, it will be really unlucky." ”
"That's nature. ”
Ouyang Fei and the three girls looked at the three of them with a smile, and they were very happy, these three guys were happily together, which was the scene they wanted to see the most.
After walking for a long time, I saw the third big notice, pasted next to the side wall of the pharmacy, very conspicuous, but already a little broken, it read: "Yangzhou is too observant of the order, strict curfew, idle people and other nights are prohibited, offenders are detained for three days, flogging, and fined thirty taels of silver." ”
"Whoever does not report the knowledge of the offender and conceals the thief's affection shall be fined 300 taels of silver, 20 taels of silver shall be fined for spitting and defecating, 100 taels of silver shall be fined for obstructing official duties, 300 taels of silver shall be fined for gambling gathering, and 10 taels of silver shall be fined for injuring dogs. ”
Xiaoyao was even more surprised when he saw this, and said: "Yueru girl, you see, this Yangzhou Taishou posted these things as notices, I don't know what it means?"
The more Lin Yueru looked at it, the more disdainful she became, and pouted: "I said that this Taishou is an incompetent person, and he can't manage anything well, so he has to declare his power like this." ”
"Our Suzhou Taishou is very capable, even my father is very respectful, I think, they will never catch the snitch. ”
Xiaoyao echoed: "I don't know if he can catch it, but it's really annoying to post notices everywhere like this." ”
Ling'er smiled and said, "Anyway, let's leave when we have enough rest, and we don't have to stay in this city, and we won't see these notices every day." ”
Xiaoyao bowed his head and said, "This is also true." ”
Ouyang Fei suddenly pointed to the left front and said, "That inn is good, let's stay there!"
The few people looked in the direction he pointed, but saw that it was a very luxurious inn, standing in the most lively area in the center of the market, and the people who came in and out were all rich and noble people in brocade and grossaline.
This inn is naturally in line with Lin Yueru's eldest lady's mind, it doesn't matter if you are free and Ling'er, they are the kind of people who can rest well as long as they have a tile to cover their bodies.
The group entered the store and asked for four upper rooms, one downstairs Chase Shop, and four upper rooms, namely one for Ouyang Fei and Mu Xi Muxia, one for Xiaoyao, one for Lin Yueru Ling'er Ou Jingyan, and one for Elder Shi.
There are ten bunks in a Chase shop, but although it is a Chase shop, in fact, the range occupied by each person is quite wide, and it is no problem to squeeze and sleep with fourteen or fifteen people, and twelve people can naturally live.
After arranging the accommodation and putting down the luggage, Ouyang Fei ordered three tables of first-class banquets, which made Elder Shi and the others very satisfied, although they were not people who lacked money, but Ouyang Fei's thoughtful arrangements also made them feel comfortable.
A square table can seat eight people, Ouyang Fei and Ou Jingyan siblings sit on a stool, Mu Xi Mucha sits on the left, Ling'er Yueru sits on the right, and Xiaoyao sits alone opposite Ouyang Fei.
Xiaoyao looked at the vacant seat beside him, and suddenly rolled his eyes, looked at Elder Shi at the next table, and shouted, "Elder Shi, why don't you come over and have a drink together?"
Ouyang Fei and the others glanced at him in surprise, and when they saw his eyebrows and eyes, they immediately knew that he wanted to make a mistake, Ling'er hurriedly said softly: "Brother Xiaoyao, Elder Shi has taken good care of us along the way in the past two days, don't you ......"
Xiaoyao waved his hand under the table and said softly, "Don't worry! I won't do anything about him, I just want to have a drink with him." ”
Ouyang Fei and Mu Xi Mucha exchanged a look, and a look of interest appeared in his eyes, this kid has a smile on his body, he can't think about it......