good wife

Chapter 225
After walking for about an hour, they reported back on the first day of the lunar new year, saying that Baishi sent guards to meet them, and the officials who sealed off the city were waiting in Angu County.

At noon, the group finally arrived in Angu County smoothly.At the gate of the county seat, a large number of officials had already gathered. When they saw King Ping get off the carriage, they all knelt down and shouted: "His Royal Highness, thousand years old, thousand years old, thousand years old!"

King Ping got out of the carriage and helped Jingyi down again. The two approached and said, "Please forgive me, gentlemen."

A middle-aged man with a big arm and a round waist cupped his hands and said: "Report to the lord! This minister is the governor of this city, Baishi. This is old Mr. Ouyang Ning, this is Song Hao, the general soldier of the city, and the leader of the city." City Guard Captain Peng Jiangda."

After Bai Shi introduced everyone to Yuan Xi one by one, he bowed his head and followed behind him with a respectful appearance.

Jingyi didn't show it on the face, but she gave Baishi a playful look in her eyes. It seems that the people in the Bai family are really the same!Everyone is a master of scheming!On the face of Baishi, he was respectful, but when introducing those officials to Yuanxi, those officials were obviously more afraid of Baishi than Yuanxi!It seems that this city will not be too peaceful.

At noon, the group had lunch at the post station in Angu County and had a short rest. After Yuanxi finished entertaining the group of people, as soon as he entered the room, he saw Jingyi carefully looking at a map in the hall.

"looking at what?"

Jingyi heard Yuanxi's voice, and didn't look back, "I'm looking at the closed city. This closed city has three counties and sixteen counties under its jurisdiction. The area is not small! It's just that there are about four or five counties in it, which seem to be extremely sparsely populated. , to be honest, it’s not too much for two counties. There are three other counties here, all of which are on the mountainside, and they must have very little contact with the outside world on weekdays. The people’s customs must be relatively closed, and they don’t want to communicate with outsiders This is not beneficial to some of their agriculture and commerce, on the contrary, it may hinder the local industry and agriculture, and may even affect the administration of officials."

Yuan Xi nodded, "That's right. Although the local folk customs are simple, but in some places, they are too rigid. This closed city has a small number of people, which is indeed a headache."

"The most troublesome thing is that although there are many lands here, many of them are wastelands, and some have even gradually formed sandy lands. It is impossible to grow farmland at all."

After finishing speaking, he signaled Yuanxi to come over, pointed to a place above the closed city and said, "Yuanxi, is this the place where the aliens live?"

Yuan Xi looked at it, nodded, then stretched out his fingers to the two places below the closed city and said: "There are also here, but there are not as many people as the one above!"

Jingyi asked again: "Is this sealed city built on the mountain?"

"Exactly. To the north of this Fengcheng is the famous Mingyang Mountain in Dayuan! This Mingyang Mountain is the highest and largest mountain range in Dayuan. On it is the most famous temple in Fengcheng, Mingyang Temple!"

Jingyi nodded, "The wind and sand here seem to be bigger than in the capital, but fortunately, it's not out of control yet."

"Huh?" Yuan Xi was taken aback, "What do you mean? You mean this sandstorm can also be controlled?"

"Theoretically, it is possible, but I have to look at the entire situation of the city closure before I can make a conclusion. And even if there is a way to manage it, it won't be effective overnight. We still have to plan for long-term governance."

When Yuan Xi heard her say that there is a way to govern, he was already extremely excited. He held Jingyi's hand and said, "It's okay, as long as there is a way to govern! Anyway, this is our fiefdom, and we have plenty of time to take our time."

Jingyi responded lightly, "Don't be too happy. I have to survey the entire closed city before I can make a conclusion. It's just that it will take two or three months to turn around the closed city. Yuanxi, I have to ask brother Qingtian to help me, he may be able to help in some places."

"Sunny day?" Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows, "Didn't he say he couldn't come? We didn't see him along the way."

Jingyi said lightly: "He has already come, and he should have already arrived at the city."

"He left Beijing earlier than we did? I thought he didn't plan to come, but he was one step ahead." Yuan Xi's words showed a little sourness.

Jingyi ignored him, but murmured: "Yuanxi, I'm afraid the situation in this closed city is not very good?"

Yuan Xi sighed: "Yes! It's really not very good! The entire finance of this closed city is almost controlled by the Ouyang family! And the administration of officials depends entirely on Baishi! The geographical location of this closed city is relatively relatively Special, all kinds of relationships are complicated and changeable, if one is not handled well, it may cause a riot!"

Jing Yi looked at Yuan Xi's sad face, and said lightly: "Yuan Xi, from another perspective, this is also an opportunity for us."

Yuan Xi turned his head and glanced at Jing Yi, and said with a light smile, "Yes! If we can grasp this opportunity well, it would be good."

The two rested for one night in Angu County, and the next day, accompanied by dozens of officials, they started to seal the city.Along the way, Yuanxi and Jingyi sometimes stopped to look around, and sometimes chatted with those officials and local people.

Just stop and go.The group finally arrived in the closed city three days later!

Half a month later, on Huayang Mountain, a woman wearing a navy blue cloak was standing on the top of the mountain, overlooking the entire closed city.Behind her stood four maidservants also wearing cloaks, and two male guards.

There is a touch of Qinghua between the woman's brows, and the strong fragrance of books emanates from her brows.She turned her head and asked, "No, is there only that Huayang Temple on Huayang Mountain?" The woman's slightly cold voice was pleasant to hear.

The man named Ah Bu bowed his head and said respectfully: "Princess Qi, this Huayang Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, with many mountains and hills, and the mountains are undulating. On the outskirts of the mountains, there are some residential houses on the lower half of the mountain. Inside and deep, no human habitation has been found.”

Jingyi nodded.That's right, this is Princess Ping, Su Jingyi, who entered the closed city half a month ago!She has been living on Huayang Mountain for nearly ten days on the grounds of offering incense at Huayang Temple.It appears on different peaks every day, and no one knows what she is doing.

Si Qin took a step forward and said: "Princess, we will be out soon, I'm afraid the prince will be worried."

Jingyi shook her head and said lightly: "It's okay! He knows I have business to do."

After finishing speaking, Jingyi looked at Ah Bu again. Ah Bu was very short, with dark brown skin, curly hair, and a wide mouth.After Jingyi arrived in the city, Yuanxi sent her to be her deputy head of guards.Jing Yi asked lightly: "No, you are not Han Chinese, are you?"

Ah Bu bowed his head and said: "Back to the princess, this slave is a fluke. When this slave was five years old, his parents died because of a plague. Everyone in the clan thought that I would not survive, so they put me in the At the foot of the mountain, I was left to fend for myself. Later, I was picked up by Lord Sihang. After he told the prince, he found a doctor for me and began to teach me martial arts and reading. Later, I became Lord Sihang His subordinates have been staying in the closed city."

(End of this chapter)