That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 710

In the 23rd year of Taiping, it was the rainy season, the drizzle was rustling, and the spring was late.

Grain rain, the grain is born with rain.Fifteen days after Qingming, Dou Zhichen, is the grain rain. In the middle of March, it is said that the rain produces a hundred grains, which are clean and clean.

On the last solar term of this spring, Xu Beiyou finally came to the outside of Jiuyuan City, which once belonged to the Gongsun family.

When it comes to the Gongsun family, Xu Beiyou undoubtedly has complicated feelings. His tutor's surname is Gongsun again, and the plaque he hangs on the gate of Ronghuafang mansion is also written with the word "Gongsun".

Surnames such as Murong and Wanyan were the surnames of Hu people in the early years, but the Gongsun family and Shangguan family were different. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Chu named his youngest son a doctor in Shangguan, and his descendants took the surname of the town and called them Shangguan. Shi.The Gongsun family is even more honorable. In ancient times, the emperor was the grandson of the Xiong family, so he was renamed Gongsun. He was born in Xuanyuan Hill, also known as Gongsun Xuanyuan.

Such a noble surname, from the Central Plains to overseas, and then quietly withered in Wei State, has to make people feel sorry for it.

After Xu Beiyou stopped in front of the city for a short time, according to the rules when he went to Julu City, he found a local snake who was familiar with the situation in the city to inquire about the situation in the city.

The local snake is a middle-aged man who is full of wind and frost mixed with a little ruffian. If it is not unexpected, he should be a man with a story, but every family has hard-to-recite scriptures. Xu Beiyou has no intention of delving into it. After that, quietly listen to this person tell himself about the "rules" in the city.

There are nothing more than two things in the world, reason and rules.

It is not very reasonable in this city, but you have to follow the rules, whether it is life or death, you must follow the rules. If someone wants to disobey the rules, unless the fist is big enough or the power is big enough, there will only be one person who disappears. end.

A few years ago, some disciples of the sect came from among them. They violated the rules in this city. They should have accepted the punishment honestly. There was a big fight in the city, and in the end, the dead died, the disabled, and finally their teacher came forward in person, and they did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to Wei, but they still failed to get an answer. It is said that the remaining few survived. Yes, it is no different from a useless person, and the rest of his life is completely ruined.

When the local local snake was talking about the rules, he also looked at this young man from a foreign country without any trace. The reason why he was identified as a foreigner was because of his accent. , This reminded him of some old monks in the city, they also spoke the Central Plains official dialect, and they also had a northwest accent. It took root here and never returned to the Central Plains.As for why they chose to stay in Jiuyuan City instead of following Wei Wang to the "Eastern Capital" to enjoy the blessings, this is beyond what he can know.

Before entering the city, he told this young man from a foreign country about the situation in the city. Just like Xiao Mahe, the king of Lingwu County in Julu City, there was a similar story in Jiuyuan City, but it was not a person, not even a family. The same surname, but a group of people with their own influence.Among them, the most powerful one is naturally the government office set up by King Wei in Jiuyuan City. No matter whether it is a native local snake or a foreign dragon crossing the river, they dare not provoke them. The second is the veterans of the Northwest Army, most of whom are martial arts monks. The combat power is astonishing, and dozens of foreign monks were repelled with the strength of three people.In addition to these two, there is a group of monks who came from the east of the middle land. They call themselves Jialan Temple. They do not live in the city on weekdays, but build temples outside the city. Yuzuo, thousands of monks, are detached from worldly affairs on weekdays and rarely intervene in the disputes in Jiuyuan City. However, whenever a major event occurs, all parties will choose to sign a covenant in Jialan Temple when they reconcile.

In addition to these three parties, there are also many casual cultivators and associations. There are many large and small disputes on weekdays. The biggest dispute has affected more than half of Jiuyuan City, involving various forces in the city. In the end, the government came forward to make peace, old soldiers Iron and blood suppressed, and finally the two sides had to make a truce agreement in Jialan Temple.

The content of the agreement is not confidential, and the man still remembers it clearly. The two sides use the east and west half of the city as the boundary, and they will not invade each other. If anyone dares to violate it, they will be attacked by groups.

This is the rule in Jiuyuan City. Once the boundary is drawn, no one can cross it a step. Those who cross it will die. For decades, many people have verified this iron law with their own blood and lives.

Approaching the inn, the man turned his head to look at the young man from the countryside who was walking side by side with him, and said softly: "Finally, let me tell you, there are three kinds of people in the city that you can't mess with, let alone touch, and they are public servants who wear public uniforms." People, warriors in armor, and monks with shaved heads, of course, if the young master encounters unruly people, you can also ask for help from these people, and they will definitely uphold justice for the young master."

Xu Beiyou nodded, bid farewell to this person, and walked straight into the inn.

The man watched his figure disappear, his face was a little complicated, it was not easy to gain a firm foothold in Jiuyuan City, because besides the rules on the surface, there are many unwritten rules in the dark, these The rules in secret cannot be put into words. Anyone who dares to speak out will break the rules. It takes a few losses to understand the unspeakable things, and sometimes you can't even figure it out until you die.

The man's face quickly returned to normal, subconsciously touched the silver ingot in his arms, turned and left without saying a word.

After Xu Beiyou entered the inn, he asked for an ordinary guest room in an unobtrusive manner, thinking silently in his heart, according to what the man said, the veterans of the Northwest Army in this city should be the old troops who followed Yang Bofu to the east, but For unknown reasons, after Yang Bofu's death, they did not follow Xiao Jin to continue the conquest of Wei, but chose to stay in Jiuyuan City. Whether their identities were left behind or for other reasons, in short, they and Xiao Jin didn't seem to be on the same side, which also gave Xu Beiyou an opportunity to take advantage of.

Xu Beiyou is now more and more sure that these people are the old people that Sun Shiwu mentioned, and maybe through them, he can understand what happened back then.

As for the rules mentioned by the local snake, Xu Beiyou didn't pay too much attention to them. If these rules are not in the way, he doesn't mind following the local customs, but if they are in the way, then he doesn't mind being a person who doesn't follow the rules. Didn't that person say that? Well, there are two kinds of people who can break the rules in Jiuyuan City, one is powerful and powerful, and the other is people with big enough fists. Xu Beiyou thinks he is alone in Wei, but he might as well try to do it later. a kind of person.

That local snake man never imagined that in his eyes, this young man from a foreign country didn't care about those so-called "unwritten rules". gesturing.

(End of this chapter)