That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 480

Shanzhou is also known as Qin. If the imperial court entrusts the king of Qin, it will most likely take this state as its fiefdom. However, if a palace is to be built, it does not necessarily have to be in Shanzhou, and it can also be built in Zhongdu City.

Zhongdu City was Xiao Huang's prosperous land. When he first competed in the world, Zhongdu City was a small imperial court with a complete set of government offices. At that time, Xiao Huang and all the dignitaries lived in this city, and there were countless dignitaries' mansions.

After Emperor Xiao established the empire, the major yamen and dignitaries in the city moved to the imperial capital one after another. The original Dudu Mansion and Wang Xiang Mansion have now become the Dudu Mansion of the Northwest Army and the Sansi Yamen of the Central Capital respectively. The mansion became the royal family's residence, and Xiao Zhi stayed here when he came to the northwest from the south.

The Governor's Mansion, the Sansi Yamen, and the Xinggong are only separated by a wall. The Xinggong is in the middle, and the other two Xuanhe mansions are on the left and the right.

A chilly rain fell on Zhongdu today, casting a layer of mist over the mighty city.

More than a thousand northwest cavalry soldiers in black armor braved the wind and rain on the post road, letting the rain slowly flow down the armor pattern, unmoved at all, fierce with swords and halberds, killing silently.

Apart from the rustling of rain, there were only the clash of armor and the sound of horses' hooves.

The leader is a veteran, also dressed in jet black Xuanjia, with a long beard hanging on his chest.

The veteran's eyes were full of rain, and he looked towards the end of the post road. There was a faintly visible majestic city there, as high as the mountain.

In terms of the height and majesty of the city walls, Zhongdu is undoubtedly the highest in the world, even the imperial capital cannot compare with it.

Beside the veteran was a young man wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a sword box. He reined in the reins and stood on his horse, looking up at Zhongdu, silent.

Wen Ci pointed at Zhongdu with a whip in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Xu, how is it?"

Xu Beiyou spit out two words slowly, "Excellent!"

Wen Ci smiled and said: "The governor has been waiting in the city for a long time at this time."

Xu Beiyou nodded and continued to push the horse forward.

The meandering cavalry walked slowly in the rain. When approaching the city, a cavalry broke away from the team and galloped towards Zhongdu.

At this time, Xu Beiyou could already see the city gate of Zhongdu clearly. It was not the usual two gates, but a square dragon-breaking stone.

After a while, with the sound of booming impacts and rattling iron cables, the thirty-foot-high "city gate" slowly rose upwards, revealing a city gate hole behind which could allow more than ten riders to walk side by side.

This is the main entrance of Zhongdu.

A group of more than a thousand people slowly entered the city gate, and Xu Beiyou was filled with emotions. Unlike the last time when he entered the city through the side entrance, this time he entered through the main entrance, so that he could truly appreciate the majesty of Zhongdu City, but Zhang Wubing deliberately made people open What do you mean by the front door?Is it for superficial intimacy, or to demonstrate to him?

Under the shadow of the bamboo hat, Xu Beiyou's complexion was a little dark.

After entering the city gate, there is the Wengcheng, and the Wengcheng is surrounded by Wengcheng, and the terrain increases gradually, so the city of Zhongdu has more than one wall, and there are more than one gates, layered on top of each other, and it is only after passing through three full gates that you enter Zhongdu. In the city.If viewed from the side, the entire central capital looks like a triangle, with the palace at the top corner and the two city gates facing Xiheyuan and the grassland at the bottom corner. The status is different in order from high to low.

Someone once said with a smile that Zhongdu City is the most hierarchical city, and the most powerful people will inevitably stand at the top.

At this time, Zhang Wubing, the most powerful person in the central capital, was standing in a watchtower in the Dudu's mansion, looking down.

Today's Zhang Wubing deliberately wore the gorgeous official uniform of a first-rank military officer, with a red-striped unicorn embroidered on the black background, giving him an extraordinary dignified appearance.

Daqi has always advocated the color of black and black, followed by the four colors of red, gold, white, and blue. There is no clear distinction between the four colors, but the people who use them are different.

Ordinary official uniforms usually have the color of vermilion, but official auspicious uniforms are mainly black. Civil and military officials are supplemented by red, clan nobles are supplemented by gold, and other people are supplemented by blue. Women are the exception, and black is not used. It is mainly white, and then according to the identity of the husband or father, the auxiliary color is different.

Take Xiao Zhinan as an example, her auspicious clothes are white, because her father is the current emperor, so the auxiliary color is black, and Wu Yu's father is a civil and military official, so the auxiliary color is red.

Although the official uniform Xu Beiyou was wearing at this time was not an auspicious uniform, it was actually in accordance with the regulations of the auspicious uniform, which showed his solemnity for this meeting.

A young school lieutenant came to the door and saluted respectfully: "Report to the governor, Wen Dutong has already entered the city."

Zhang Wubing silently said "Come".

He ordered: "Have someone prepare for the banquet, it doesn't take too many people."

The lieutenant led the way.

In the miserable wind and rain, Xu Beiyou and his group walked slowly upwards along the main road in the city. On the way, they passed by the gate of the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion. They saw that the gate of the Dark Guard Mansion was closed, and only two stone lions stood in the wind and rain. It looked a little bleak and deserted.

I heard from Li Yanliang that since a major incident two years ago, the Northwest Dark Guard Mansion has plummeted. The word "Dai" was removed, and the door was closed all day to thank guests. It seemed to be disheartened, and I wondered if it was because of the failure of his official career.

Speaking of Lu Chen, Xu Beiyou suddenly thought of the Wheel-Running King of the Town Demon Palace. This wheel-turning king was extremely unlucky and died twice. In the city of Jiangdu, he was directly killed by Zhu Xian's sword, and his soul was scattered.

Next, Xu Beiyou also passed the gate of Chonglong Temple. Chonglong Temple, which had been slaughtered by the Dark Guard Mansion, became a little angry again. A young Zhike Taoist was standing in front of the mountain gate, drenched by the rain Taoist robe.

Through the rain curtain, you can vaguely see the highest nine-story pavilion in Chonglong Temple. In order to imply the supreme supernatural power of the Taoist ancestor, there are thousands of golden lamps in it. Every grand festival, the deacon Taoist in the temple will light up all the golden lamps , the lights are as bright as the day, the majesty is like a fairy house, the whole building is shining brightly, and the whole city of Zhongdu can see the magnificent scene here, just like the fairy palace in the sky.

At the beginning, Xu Beiyou went to Chonglong Temple just to see the majestic scene of thousands of golden lanterns, which led to the later events.

Seeing a group of cavalry passing by, the young intellectual still showed a little curiosity on his face. It should be that he has not been in the middle of the city for a long time, and he is not used to the cavalry coming and going in the city.

It seems that the matter of Chonglongguan has come to an end, but I don't know what kind of argument the Town Demon Palace asked for, and what price the Dark Guard Mansion paid.

After passing Chonglong Temple and walking about half a stick of incense, Xu Beiyou entered the innermost city of Zhongdu, and he could already see the highest palace.

Xu Beiyou suddenly said to Wen Ci: "Wen Dutong, Xu Beiyou is covered in dust and dust during this trip, if he visits Dudu Zhang rashly, he may be rude, so I want to ask Wen Dutong to find a place for Xu, and wait for me. After changing clothes, go into the mansion."

Wen Ci was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason."

Li Yanliang took the initiative to say: "Young Master Xu, please follow me."

Not long after, Xu Beiyou took out a suit of brocade clothes from the sword box and changed into the left army governor's mansion.

(End of this chapter)