Chapter 16 Provocation

With a humble and indifferent smile, Wu Qi, with his hands behind his back, stood beside Lu Chengfeng and looked up and down the people behind Yi Yan.

Apart from Lu Chengfeng, the newly appointed Dianjun, Yi Yan also had the three most important officials of Xiaomeng City, Dianmin and Dianxing.

According to the control of the Great Yan Dynasty, the suzerain of the State of Lu, the city guard was responsible for the work of grabbing a certain place. The Dianjun is fully responsible for the military, the Dianli is responsible for the supervision and evaluation of the officials, the Dianmin is responsible for the production of the people's livelihood, and the Dianxing is responsible for the criminal law and the daily security of theft. There is also the power to supervise and check each other, which is a complete and thorough official system.

Xiaomeng City is located in a desolate place, surrounded by primitive mountains and forests of the original ecology, but due to the abundance of products, the annual oil and water is very rich. Although Yi Yan was covered in treasures all over his body, the officials, Dianmin, and Dianxing in the city were all dressed in jewels, as gorgeous as a jewelry booth.

Wu Qi looked at the people around Yi Yan tenderly, and he found a lot of good things worthy of him. His hands rubbed against each other behind his back, his fingers trembling with excitement. In broad daylight and a bright world, it is not a good time for him to start looting, and he has to wait.

As the city guard, Yi Yan introduced Lu Chengfeng to the officials accompanying him. After hearing Yi Yan's introduction, Wu Qi suddenly grinned. The officials, people, and punishments in Xiaomengcheng are all members of the Yi family, and they must all follow Yi Yan to work in Xiaomengcheng to make a fortune.

Following Lu Chengfeng's introduction, those officials stepped forward and greeted Lu Chengfeng. Although the post of Dianjun is important, it is not worthy of such attention by these people. Lu Chengfeng's identity as the son of Lu's family in Liyang was the most important reason for Yi Yan to go out of the city gate to welcome him. It was also because of this status that other officials, big and small, were so polite to Lu Chengfeng.

After chatting for a while and saying a polite remark that made Wu Qi almost yawn, Yi Yan took Lu Chengfeng's hand affectionately and led him all the way to the city guard's mansion. The other officials closely surrounded the two, chatting and laughing, talking to Yi Yan and talking to Lu Chengfeng. It was a harmonious scene, as if the entire Xiaomeng City was welcoming Lu Chengfeng, the new Dianjun.

Following Lu Chengfeng, Wu Qi looked at this little Mengcheng while walking.

The roads in the city are not bad. They are paved with rough granite stones excavated from the mountains. There are also ditches three feet wide by the roadside. On the side of the road with a width of 30 feet, there are restaurants, shops, inns, and residential buildings. The height of the building is no more than three layers.

On the road, the convoys of the brigade can be seen at any time. The vehicles are full of various mountain goods, animal skins, herbs, ores, etc., and the beams of the car are almost broken. Those who followed the team were full of sturdy and sturdy men, all wearing soft armor, holding sharp knives, and full of suffocation. Obviously, they were all heroes who had been honed in the field of life and death.

The roadside restaurants, shops, and inns are mostly villains who blow their noses and stare at each other and draw their swords to face each other. From time to time, some slender women dressed in red and green would come and go in and out of this place, laughing and playing with those villains with indulgent voices.

Xiaomeng City is very prosperous, unexpectedly prosperous. There is a savage and rude atmosphere in this prosperity, with a deformed prosperity, but Wu Qi likes this taste. He took a few deep breaths, he really liked the smell.

Whether it was the motorcade or the pedestrians on the road, they all retreated to both sides of the road when they saw Wuqi and the others, and gave way to one of the avenues. In the savage place of Xiaomeng City, Yi Yan represented the national law and the most powerful force within a few hundred miles of the city.

From time to time, there are also a squad of city guards wearing black clothes and black armor cruising on the road, and seeing a group of people, these city guards hurriedly retreated to the roadside to salute. Wu Qi looked at these city guards,

However, they found that they were much worse than the Tianzi No. 3 battalion sent to Mengcun, both in terms of cultivation and spirit, and they seemed to be a face.

Walking three miles into the city along the avenue, a magnificent mansion rose up in front.

This mansion is about li long and wide, with a protective wall outside. This wall is much more atmospheric than the city wall of Xiaomeng City. The upper and lower waters are made of bluestone strips. It is five feet high and thirty feet thick. Its defensive power is at least ten times that of the city wall of Xiaomeng City.

On the top of the wall, soldiers in bright clothes and spirits walked to and fro, keeping the mansion airtight. Compared with the soldiers outside the gate of Xiaomeng City, the patrolling soldiers here are absolutely elite, while the sergeants guarding the gate are like garbage.

Yi Yan showed a smug smile. He pointed to the mansion and said with a smile: "Lu Dianjun, this is the city guard mansion, which is where I usually live and work."

Lu Chengfeng looked at this small castle in surprise, and said in surprise: "Oh? The city guard and the public house of the Dianjun, the official, the Dianmin, and the punishment are all here?"

Yi Yan patted his belly with both hands, and swayed a wave of snow-white flesh. He sighed: "Xiaomeng City is located in the wild, and the surrounding area is very dangerous. It is very dangerous. Those barbarians come to make trouble every once in a while, and the city walls outside are not good enough. For the safety of your lords, it took me two years to build this city guard!"

The three Yi family members, Dianli, Dianmin, and Dianxing, hurriedly walked around and praised Yi Yan for spending a lot of money to build such a city guard for the safety of the officials present. In Qianqiu. Many adults who will take over the city guard of Xiaomeng City in the future will be grateful for Yi Yan's demeanor of planting trees and enjoying the shade!

Wu Qi snorted heavily, and he asked in a thick voice, "Since there is money to build the city and guard the mansion, why not also repair the outer city wall? Wouldn't it be better to keep those barbarians out if the city wall was once strong? "

The official, Dianmin, and Dianxing were all amazed. Yi Yan was shivering with his white flesh covered in snowflakes. Damn, how much tax revenue is there in a year? The city guard has no money on the books. Repairing this wall has exhausted the city guard’s tax revenue for the next ten years, and there is no money to repair the outer city wall!"

No money? Do not beg crooked mouth. He just glanced at Yi Yan's jewelry worth thousands of dollars.

Lu Chengfeng laughed dryly, but did not say a word. He looked at the many patrolling soldiers on the top of the wall, and then looked back at the two patrols of the City Guards who escorted them here, and rolled his eyes inconspicuously. The soldiers on duty in the city guard house were much more elite than the patrols of the city guard army.

After a complicated ceremony that made Wuqi confused, Wuqi followed Lu Chengfeng into the city guard mansion. The seven vehicles and the servants that Lu Chengfeng brought were all arranged to enter the Dianjun mansion in the city guard mansion, a luxurious mansion with dozens of maids and maids pre-arranged.

Wuqi also saw for the first time who was in Lu Chengfeng's seven carriages. In addition to the black father and son of Lao Hei and Xiao Hei, there were eight maids, eight maids, and two nursing mothers in the other six carts.

It was also the first time that Wu Qi knew from Lu Chengfeng that this wet nurse was the candidate for special medicine.

Human medicine! Wu Qi learned a little more about the world.

After hastily arranged the accompanying maids and maids, Yi Yan sent someone to invite Lu Chengfeng to a banquet to meet Feng.

The reception banquet was arranged in the inner hall of the city guard's mansion. The promising people included all the officials of Xiaomeng City below Yi Yan, and there were more than 200 people in a mess. As Lu Chengfeng's disciple, Wu Qi was naturally qualified to make a living. Under the personal reception of Yi Yan, he sat behind a desk behind Lu Chengfeng.

The spacious inner hall is big enough to accommodate four or five hundred people for a gathering. There is a table in the middle, and Yi Yan sits hard behind the table. On both sides are the seats of the four major officials, Dianjun, Dianli, Dianmin and Dianxing. Except for Lu Chengfeng, there is only one person behind Wuqi, and behind the other three there are three to five to more than ten doorkeepers.

Except for these five, the other officials were divided into three columns in the lobby, one left and one right, according to their rank, forming a total of six columns.

Wu Qi looked at the case in front of him, which was three feet long and one and a half feet wide. It was made of heavy wood and had dozens of layers of lacquer on it. The lacquer surface is inlaid with fine geometric patterns with gold and silver threads, which is very dignified but magnificent.

The inner hall of the banquet is paved with red sandalwood, and everyone sits down with a thick and soft cashmere blanket, which is very warm and comfortable. There are two rows of large columns in the hall, which are carved from the whole golden nanmu, carved with dragons and painted phoenixes, gleaming with gold and colorful, and the richness is blowing in the face.

The ceiling of the inner hall is also made of red sandalwood, and dozens of lanterns are hung on it, so that the hall is brightly lit and the dust can be seen. In the corners of the inner hall, there are still tree-shaped candlesticks, and the big bright candles are burning vigorously. I don't know what spices were mixed in the candle, but there was a refreshing warm fragrance in the air.

Just now at the Dianjun Mansion, Wu Qi took a shower, wrapped his bare head with a turban, and changed into a comfortable and loose silk robe, with a pair of soft cloth boots under his feet. The warm fragrance in the smoky smoked, and only felt that he wanted to fall asleep.

Yi Yan's style is very luxurious, but Wu Qi appreciates this kind of luxury. At least the least, the conditions in Bimon Village are much more comfortable. Wuqi is not an ascetic, he can make himself more comfortable, why does he have to endure hardship?

Stiffing his waist, Wu Qi sat up behind Lu Chengfeng, constantly looking at the other officials sitting in the lobby.

Everyone else's attention was on Lu Chengfeng, and they kept showing their bright smile to Lu Chengfeng. As for Wu Qi, no one paid attention to him except for a few little maids standing by the side who were looking at him furtively.

Suddenly, he heard Yi Yan's applause, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone is here? Wine, wine, let's take care of Lu Dianjun. From Liyang to Xiaomeng City, we have worked hard for thousands of miles. Lu Dianjun thought it was hard work!"

Hundreds of maids walked out from the back of the hall like butterflies wearing flowers.

Everyone raised their glasses and shouted to Lu Chengfeng: "Lu Dianjun has worked hard all the way, all the way!"

Lu Chengfeng raised his wine glass, stood up with a smile and humbly said a few words to everyone, and after a boring polite remark, everyone drank the wine.

Yi Yan clapped his hands again. This time, the maids served a variety of delicacies. The dishes and bowls were full of exotic delicacies from mountains and seas. Each plate and each bowl were small in weight, but there were many varieties. The fragrant fragrance spreads in all directions, making your index finger twitch when you smell it.

Wuqi had not eaten a proper meal for several days. Seeing the delicious food and wine in front of him, he hurriedly grabbed his chopsticks, picked up a bright yellow trembling and elastic tendon and stuffed it into his mouth. The meat is rich and juicy, and it is really delicious.

While enjoying the delicious food in his mouth, a muffled sound suddenly came from the lobby, and a bronze wine baron was smashed to the ground into a piece of copper cake.

A burly man sitting behind the official official Yi Xing stood up and shouted sharply, "Where are the wild people from the mountains and forests, do you understand the rules? The adults haven't spoken yet, so you ate beside you. ?"

Many people in the hall all looked over, and a little bit of oil and water was slowly dripping from the corner of Wuqi's mouth, which was really eye-catching under the illumination of the light.

There was silence in the hall, followed by a burst of laughter.

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