Piao Miao journey

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What Li Qiang can't wait most now is to find someone, just anyone, he has been walking in the primeval forest for many days.Along the way, all you see are towering trees, weeds overgrown with thick shade to block out the sun, it is gloomy, and you often don't see a ray of light from the sky, but you can often see some unknown beasts and birds.

Li Qiang kept marveling, the environment without any pollution and the wonderful scenery made him feel very happy.

Finally out of the forest.

Rubbing his eyes, Li Qiang saw a city in disbelief.He stood for a long time, feeling that his tears were about to fall.Looking at this city from a distance, there is a feeling of both strangeness and familiarity.The style of the city wall turned out to be the same as that of ancient China, with green bricks, arrow stacks with square holes, arched round gates, and bell towers with flying rafters.On the far road, there are pedestrians walking.

Li Qiang thought about it and thought it would be better to pretend to be a tourist.He took out a large backpack, stuffed it randomly, and tied his long hair with a long ribbon.

Li Qiang was wearing brown half-waist hiking boots, jeans, a dark red shirt over a waistcoat, and a travel bag on his back. He walked towards the city gate with excitement and restlessness.

Walking to the gate of the city, Li Qiang felt even more strange.Looking around, dozens of men, women and children followed, staring at him like watching a monkey trick.Li Qiang kept nodding and smiling, but as soon as he got close to them, these people would disperse like frightened rabbits without waiting for a question.But after walking away for dozens of steps, he followed up again, pointing and laughing from time to time.

Judging from the clothes of these people, Li Qiang couldn't be sure that they belonged to that dynasty in ancient China. What he could be sure of was that they must have belonged to the Ming Dynasty or before, because Li Qiang was very familiar with the clothes of the Qing Dynasty people who watched a lot of TV dramas.

Although he couldn't communicate with them, Li Qiang still heard the whispers between them because of his extremely keen hearing, which was a dialect in Jiaxing, Hangzhou.Li Qiang was excited for a while, knowing that he had studied in Zhejiang and spent four years in Hangzhou, and he could understand almost all the dialects in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At the gate of the city, Li Qiang was stopped by four men who looked like soldiers with long knives on their waists.

"Who is it? Lu Yin brought it." One of the leaders said.The four soldiers were also full of curiosity, looking him up and down.Li Qiang couldn't help laughing, "That's great, I can understand." Li Qiang spread his hands and said with a smile: "Brother, I come from a far away place, and I want to visit the city when I pass by here." It is the Hangzhou dialect.

The four soldiers were very surprised, they got together to discuss in a low voice, and one of them turned around and ran quickly towards the city.The leading soldier had a very respectful attitude, and saluted, "Dear guest, please come with the villain, and go to rest for a while, the villain has already sent someone to invite the prefect."

"Hey, you're welcome, you're welcome." Li Qiang was very surprised, thinking: "I didn't say anything just now, the difference in attitude before and after is too big."

Li Qiang did not say anything, but he spoke the authentic Hangzhou dialect, and the Hangzhou dialect here is a special language for the royal family and aristocrats. It is not the royal family and nobles who cannot learn and speak it. Li Qiang did not understand it until later.

"Brother, what's your surname?" Li Qiang wanted to get close.

The leader of the soldiers replied in a panic: "The villain dares not be expensive. The villain's surname is Hua." Li Qiang suddenly understood that there seemed to be a strict hierarchy here.People who grow up in modern society have become accustomed to the concept that everyone is equal.

What Li Qiang lacks most now is information. Yutong Jane only records things about the world of self-cultivation, and there is no information about the secular world at all. "Brother Hua, what's the name of this city?" Li Qiang began to obtain the required information.

Li Qiang talked about Brother Hua one by one. This soldier was at a loss and wished he could tell him all about the three generations of his ancestors.Li Qiang slowly learned some basic information.

This city is called "Hanlin", and it is close to the "Forest of Sighs" (that is, the forest where Li Qiang walked out). It is the first capital built by the "Old Song Kingdom". After the capital was moved, the city gradually fell into disrepair, and the population also decreased from more than 300 at its peak to more than [-] now.

Therefore, the population of the Song Dynasty is about 8000 to [-] million. Among the three major countries in the "Green Basin", it is a relatively weak country. The other two countries are the "Litang Kingdom" and the "Dahan Kingdom".Among the three kingdoms, the Han Kingdom is the most powerful.

There are also some small countries on Tianting Star, which are distributed in some places with extremely harsh natural conditions. The more famous ones are "Wangming Country" in "Storm Field", "Qingfeng Country" in "Red Rocky Mountains" and so on.There are also some well-known ethnic groups, such as Qin, Wu, Chu, Xia, Shang and so on.

Li Qiang understood, so the Song Dynasty must have been established by people who migrated from the earth during the Song Dynasty.The same should be true for other countries and ethnic groups.

Li Qiang also learned that in the Green Basin, the most fertile land in the Heavenly Court Star, the three countries are constantly fighting, and wars will break out every ten years. Each country wants to eliminate the other and unify the Green Basin. Never worked out.The main reason is the intervention of the cultivation world. The royal families and nobles of every country, and every famous ethnic group are inextricably linked with the cultivation world.Many of these royal nobles are cultivators.

The soldiers also told Li Qiang that Feng Kaiyun, the magistrate of Hanlin City, was born in Juren, who probably offended someone and was demoted to this remote city.The garrison officer is called Tong Fangzhen, who was promoted through meritorious service and was born in the army.

"Master Zhifu is here!" A soldier reported.

Li Qiang looked up and saw that there were two rows of yamen servants holding water and fire sticks, and the four people in front were holding two signs of "Quiet" and "Avoidance" respectively, and four people carrying official sedan chairs came slowly.Li Qiang almost didn't laugh out loud, thinking: "My dear, this is too exaggerated, such a big show, I seem to have really returned to ancient times."

The sedan chair stopped far away, the bearer lowered the pole, and the yamen servant beside the sedan chair hurriedly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and a middle-aged man stepped out of the sedan chair.He put his shoulders on the shoulders of a yamen servant, stamped his feet, retracted his hands and twirled his beard to look at Li Qiang, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, then a smile came to his face, and he walked slowly in square steps.

Li Qiang was also carefully observing the highest official of Hanlin City, with a square face, two jet-black eyebrows, thin lips, three long beards, and a hooked nose, he was obviously a man of deep wealth in the city.Blue official uniform, jade belt around the waist, and two official wings fluttering flatly behind the hat.

Li Qiang thought it was too funny.He went up to meet him, and the first sentence he uttered made the servants jump.

"Hehe, you are Big Brother Fengkai Yunfeng, right! Little brother Li Qiang, please take care of me when we meet for the first time!"

The soldier surnamed Hua thought to himself: "It turns out that this adult calls everyone Big Brother, no wonder he also calls me that."

Feng Kaiyun was stunned for a moment, not daring to be negligent, and said: "I didn't know Master Li was coming, so I was far away to welcome you, forgive me! Forgive me!" He thought: "Why is his court official language so awkward?"

Li Qiang's next move almost scared the government servants to death.

He stepped forward and patted Feng Kaiyun on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "You're welcome. Excuse me, I just want to go to the city to have a look. I'm fine. Brother Feng, you don't have to accompany me, just tell me where the hotel is."

The doubts in Feng Kaiyun's heart were getting bigger and bigger, and he asked: "Slow down! Please show your official documents, my lord, and get ready for official duties." The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Li Qiang felt puzzled and asked, "What official documents? I don't have any official documents. It's strange."

Yamen servants slowly surrounded him.

Feng Kaiyun shouted: "Bold! How dare you pretend to be a royal noble and say, what do you do?"

Li Qiang also became angry: "Bastard! What the hell, when did I pretend to be? Do you care what I do?"

"Hey, why are you kneeling down?"

The gypsophila inner armor appeared again with purple flames, and Li Qiang's underwear was turned into ashes in an instant, it was because of being angry.

Feng Kaiyun was so frightened that he was sweating profusely and knelt on the ground.He knew he was in trouble.

Because, only the royal family can cultivate the heart armor, and it has always been kept secret, thinking: "Oh, I can't keep my head this time."

Feng Kaiyun twirled his beard with his hands and paced back and forth in the study. He was still afraid until now. Fortunately, Li Qiang didn't blame him, otherwise he didn't know how to deal with this terrible situation.

His chief master, Cheng Zizhong, also bowed his head in thought.

"My lord, Chunxiang from your guest room asked to see me, and said I have something to report." A young man in Tsing Yi bowed his waist and said.

"Quickly, let her in!" Feng Kaiyun looked a little flustered, and the master Cheng Zi said again: "Master, hold your breath, I don't think Mrs. Li is the kind of person who is not easy to talk." Feng Kaiyun sighed: "Master Ah, I'm in a mess, you have to help me hold it."

"The slave girl Chunxiang kowtowed to the master."

"Quickly, what's the matter?" Chunxiang knelt on the ground and replied, "Master Li is going to the street, and Sister Qiuxiang is dragging him to talk, slaves dare not make decisions, please speak to the master, what should I do?"

Chunxiang, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help laughing, she had never seen a guest like Master Li before.Young and handsome, still startled, chasing after four little servant girls who served her, calling her sister and younger sister, shouting indiscriminately, without any airs, it was very fun.It was so delicious to give them sweets that they had never seen before.He licked his lips, thinking about the bag of candy in his arms, when will he have time to ask someone to take it home, so that his parents and younger siblings can also taste such a good thing.

"Chunxiang, you go back first and tell Mr. Li that our residence will be there soon."

"Yes, master." Chunxiang wished to go back quickly, slowly exited the study, turned around and ran away.

"Old Master, let's go together." Feng Kaiyun was really afraid of seeing Li Qiang, and Cheng Zizhong encouraged him: "Master Li, no matter what request Mr. Li makes, first agree to it. We will be careful for him, and we must not Don't offend me again. I don't think Mr. Li will live long."

Feng Kaiyun understood what Cheng Zizhong meant, as long as Li Qiang was satisfied in Hanlin City, he would pay any price, and when he was satisfied and left, nothing would happen.

Li Qiang is not an unreasonable person, he no longer cares about Feng Kaiyun's rudeness when he lives in the noble room of the magistrate's yamen.Although he doesn't quite understand why Feng Kaiyun is so scared when he sees the starry sky, he is still satisfied with being able to eliminate the hostile state. After all, fighting is very troublesome, and it also violates his original intention of wanting to swim in the heavenly court.

Putting on the new clothes and pants sent by the prefect of Feng, he hurriedly went to the street, but he was very curious about everything.Seeing the four little maids blocking him, Li Qiang couldn't help but joked with them.

Feng Kaiyun came to stand outside the guest room, turned his head and waved at Cheng Zizhong, signaling the old master to go ahead.Cheng Zi nodded emphatically and was about to go in, when a burst of laughter came from the room, and the two of them stopped at the same time.

"Sister Qiuxiang, don't drag me, just go for a walk, why are you nervous?"

"Master, you feel sorry for the difficulties of slaves. Sister Chunxiang said that the elder will be here soon. Can you wait a little longer?"

"How many times have I told you, don't call me master, call me brother, come and listen, I love it."

Feng Kaiyun felt that his bones were brittle, and thought: "This Master Li is so frivolous and disrespectful of etiquette, this, this is too much." After thinking about it, he had no choice but to listen to him, so he coughed Pulling Cheng Zi back into the door.

Li Qiang's face is sometimes very thin and sometimes thick. When he saw Feng Kaiyun coming in, he sincerely wanted to annoy him, but he came forward with a playful smile, reached out and grabbed his hand, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you are finally here. The younger brother wants to go shopping, but the younger sisters insist on waiting for the elder brother to come, is the elder brother planning to accompany me?"

Feng Kaiyun almost twisted his nose in anger, and withdrew his hand forcefully.

Cheng Zizhong saw that the face of Feng Zhifu had changed, and he hurriedly said: "Master Li, the governor and his younger brother are here, one is to greet you, and the other is that the guard boy of the city, Mr. Fang Zhen, is coming to visit you. There is absolutely no one in this mansion. I mean to be negligent, since Master Li wants to inspect the city, how about my younger brother temporarily acting as the governor to accompany you?"

"This is..." Li Qiang looked at Feng Kaiyun.

"Oh, he is the master of this mansion, Cheng Zizhong, old master Cheng." Feng Kaiyun heaved a sigh of relief and asked him to accompany him. In the city, my residence will not be reluctant, old master Cheng will go with you, but I will not accompany you if I still have some official business. In the evening, my residence will clean up the dust for you, and I will leave."

"Don't worry, don't worry, these little sisters, I promised to take them to the street together, brother, I have no objection." Seeing Li Qiang stretching out those ghostly claws again, Feng Kaiyun was really annoyed, He hurriedly said, "My lord, please go ahead."

The four maidservants, Chunxiang, Qiuxiang, Juxiang, and Lanxiang happily followed behind Li Qiang and Cheng Zizhong, chatting and laughing in low voices. They didn't expect that Li Qiang would really take them shopping.

Cheng Zizhong didn't expect that Mr. Li was like a child, not only was he not old or young, but he also spoke whatever he wanted without any scruples.Cheng Zizhong has been to countless government offices and met countless officials, but he has never seen such a grown-up before. He thinks it is very interesting.

Walking into a clothing store, Li Qiang couldn't help sighing, compared with the big supermarkets and shopping malls on the earth, the supplies in this place are so poor.

The shopkeeper of the tailor shop was a big fat man with a double chin and a chubby face, and shrewdness in his small eyes, he ran out from behind the counter with a big smile on his face: "You two gentlemen, welcome to the shop, What are you looking for? The villain will bring it right away." The shopkeeper turned his head and waved to the waiter: "Hurry up, take out the things, and ask the child's mother to come too, there are female customers."

Cheng Zizhong didn't know what Li Qiang was going to buy, so he had to look at it with his hands tied.

Li Qiang said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I want four sets of autumn clothes and four sets of winter clothes." Pointing to the four little servant girls, he said, "It's for these four little sisters. It's best if you have ready-made ones. If you don't have them... just The size has been measured and it’s ready to be delivered.” His eyes glanced at the hanger, and he said, “Bring that black suede cape.”

The shopkeeper took off the black suede cloak and said: "My lord, this cloak is made of the skin of a Pixi beast. You have really good eyesight. This is the best cloak in the shop." Cheng Zi was shocked and said: " This is the fur of the Pixiu Beast? The name is top-notch." Li Qiang touched the fur and didn't feel very good: "What Pixiu Beast, what is it?"

Cheng Zizhong said: "Good thing, Pixiu beasts live in swamps and are extremely difficult to catch. This fur is impermeable to water, can prevent rain and wind, and is light and warm to wear in winter." The shopkeeper grinned and said: " Ouch, this old man is an expert."

There was a rush.The four little girls seemed to be dreaming. No one has treated them so well since they grew up so much, so the gratitude in their hearts cannot be expressed.

"Okay, I bought it, packed it together with the eight sets of clothes I asked for just now, and sent them to the magistrate's yamen."

The shopkeeper shrank his neck in fright, thinking: "Oh my god, the government wants it. If I don't give the money, I will throw myself into the river." I was very worried. "How much?" After Li Qiang asked, he felt "a little bit" in his heart: "Oops, I don't know what kind of money is used here."

"The cloak costs 710 taels, and the eight sets of clothes cost 47 taels. The total is 760 taels." The shopkeeper finished his calculations.

Li Qiang turned his head and asked Cheng Zizhong: "Where is there a jewelry store here?"

(End of this chapter)