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Chapter 22 Hengzhou Mansion and Luo Tianjiao

Li Ling leaned weakly on the wall of the donkey cart, feeling that his bones were about to fall apart.

He really didn't expect that it would be so hard to travel in this era. The car was so bumpy that it was like he was put into the chef's wok. It flew up and down, shaking left and right, and it could not be stabilized for a moment.

The official road in front of me clearly looked OK, but once the car was pulled forward by a donkey, it would not stop jumping because there were too many potholes on the dirt road, and the wheels of the donkey cart not only did not have a shock absorption system, but were also made of wood. Don't mention the sensory vibration. After only half a day and half a night, Li Ling was already shouting that he couldn't bear it.

Suddenly, another thump, Li Ling's body bounced high up again, and then he felt a turbulent stomach in his stomach. He lamented: "Come again..." He quickly turned around and lie out of the car, but after vomiting for a few times, he couldn't vomit anything - the little cake I ate in the morning had been vomited completely by him before.

Gu Gang, who was constantly whipping the donkey in front, slowed down his speed when he heard the movement, turned around and asked silly: "Young Master Li, are you okay? Why don't we rest under the shade of the trees ahead?"

"Don't..." Li Ling waved his hand and sat back on his feet, gasping for breath: "It should be not far from the city, right? Let's arrive first. It's almost noon, so you can't delay any more."

Because they left the city at noon yesterday, their itinerary was more important than the ones set before, which was also one of the reasons why the donkey carts were faster and more bumpy. If Li Ling hadn't jogged every morning in recent months, he might have been much stronger than the situation.

But even so, this struggle made him feel very uncomfortable. If it weren't for the fact that he was really eager to borrow money this time, he would have said that he would have been on the road slowly. The day on the road was really long, which made Li Ling realize what it means to live like a year.

The honest and honest Gu Gang was no longer polite when he saw him saying this. He immediately shook his whip again and rushed forward with the donkey. Then Li Ling, who was in the car behind, turned blue and his body shaking up and down, left and right with no rhythm. He felt really miserable and embarrassed.

It took me more than an hour to go, and it was not until noon that Li Ling, who was a little depressed, heard Gu Gang cheering in front of me: "Young Master Li, we are in the city, look!"

This finally made him feel energetic. He quickly looked up and saw a city several times larger than Jiangcheng County standing several miles ahead. The towering city wall in front was dark. Even if there was a distance, he could still feel the powerful aura and oppression from this ancient city.

To be honest, no matter how big the city in later generations is, it cannot give new people the feeling. Because at that time, cities no longer had the concept of city walls, only tall buildings were left to rise up on the ground, but it was difficult to describe them in terms of ancient and majestic words.

The donkey cart accelerated forward again. This time, I wondered if it was a psychological effect, but Li Ling didn't feel too discomfort anymore. He just looked around the city gate that was becoming clearer and clearer. At the same time, he had already begun to plan how to speak and express himself after seeing the people from Wanjia Money House.

But then he found that the guards in front of the city gate were much tighter than those in the county gate. Not only were there soldiers holding weapons on both sides and on the city walls, but the people who wanted to enter and exit the city gate had to line up and ask questions one by one, checking their carry-on packages before they could be allowed to pass. This made Li Ling a little puzzled, and looked at Gu Gang and asked, "Is the access control of this city so strict?"

"I haven't been like this several times before. What happened?" Gu Gang also looked puzzled and nervous, and his car speed slowed down. He followed the pedestrians in front of him and slowly leaned towards the city gate.

During this period, Li Ling finally heard the discussions of some people around him:

"Why has the defense of the Mansion City suddenly become so strict in the past two days? Even if you have to search and ask when you enter the city gate?"

"It's not the evil committed by the thief of the Luotian Sect! Just two days ago, our neighboring Zhengding Prefecture found another group of Luotian Sect disciples who were planning to be inappropriate, and then the government sent someone to capture..."

"How about it, have all the thieves been taken down?"

"If all of them were taken down, there will be this one today? Hundreds of officers and soldiers surrounded dozens of people, but more than ten people ran away. I heard that one of them was still an important person. Later, it was said that people came to us, so the government office would be facing a great enemy. I heard that even the following county towns would have to carefully check the people passing by. Alas, I don't know when I will get the people..."

After that, Li Ling didn't pay attention to listening to their feelings, but the three words "Luo Tian Sect" were circling in his mind.

Just like the Central Plains dynasties, when a court entered the 100-year juncture and thought it was at its peak, internal and external troubles continued to emerge. Nowadays, the northern Guirong outside the Great Vietnamese often invades the border, and inside, something called the Luotian Sect caused trouble everywhere, inciting some people who could not survive to fight with the government.

Originally, the Luotian Sect was just a small force that emerged in the southwest corner and was wiped out by the local government several times. But as a result, these bandits who seemed to have little combat power were suppressing more and more, and gradually learned various ways to deal with the official army, and then infiltrated into the Central Plains.

More than twenty years have passed, the Luotian Sect has gone from being a small fight to become a heart-wrenching problem in the Dayue court. As long as Luotian Sect members are heard in the field, it will inevitably make local officials feel as if they are facing a great enemy and use all their strength to exterminate them. But often the result is that some important leaders escape and continue to harm the next target.

Of course, this is just some explanation given by the Dayue official. In Li Ling's view, the Luotian Sect's immortality was the inevitable result of the unclear government and poor life of the people in the dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that it was an uprising and resistance against oppression by peasants or proletariats, so he did not mean to be hostile to the Luotian Sect, and of course it was impossible to have anything to do with them. After all, he just wanted to let himself and his sister live a prosperous life.

These thoughts of him arrived at the city gate as the donkey cart arrived, and were interrupted by two soldiers who went forward to search and interrogate: "Where are people? What are they doing in the city? Have you ever led them?"

Faced with this series of problems, Li Ling hurriedly nodded with a smile and took out the way he had prepared to go down. This was a small note, issued by the county government, to prove their origin and identity, it should be considered an ID card of this era.

After confirming that the two of them were correct, the two soldiers were still not careless. They asked Li Ling to open all the bags they carried with them to check, and only after confirming that there were no prohibited items, they let them enter the city. Just as the two drove into the city gate again, a scream came from behind: "It's unfair, my knife is just sent to the city to repair..."

When Li Ling turned around, he saw a short and strong man being directly pressed to the ground by three or four military soldiers, and a pig-killing knife was confiscated. Depending on the situation, this person would inevitably suffer a prison next time.

Perhaps this person was really wronged, but in the current situation of panic, he could only suffer some grievances. Li Ling was even more helpless about this, so he could only sigh and turn his attention to the front.

At this time, they had already passed through the city gate and truly entered the Hengzhou Prefecture City.

This place is worthy of being a mansion, which is much more lively than a county town like Jiangcheng. There are many shops on both sides of the wide street extending from the city gate, and there are also men and women wearing bright clothes entering and leaving these shops, making people know how prosperous the business here is.

Li Ling could even see that there were about a dozen people in the front bookstore, each looking through books. This was the scene when Jiangcheng County only created a new book by his own god.

"If I could open the bookstore here and sell my Fengshen to the Mansion City, I would probably make more money than before." After a while of idea, Li Ling said to Gu Gang, who was also looking around, "Brother Gu, let's do the business first. Go and find out the location of Wanjia Money House."

"Okay." Gu Gang agreed quickly, grabbed the two people passing by and asked about the way. Wanjia Money House was well-known in this mansion, so they soon knew the specific location and how to get there. The donkey cart set off again. This time the streets in the city were much more plain than the official roads outside. Li Ling finally didn't have to suffer when he sat on it.

Half an hour later, they finally arrived in front of Wanjia Money House, which was a very grand shop with a wide area. The door face alone was as big as three other shops, and the signs were even more shining in the sun. In this era where only the covers were used as signs, it looked particularly high-end and atmospheric.

After seeing this, Li Ling nodded secretly, and this was a bit like a big merchant. Looking at Gu Gang, who was obviously a little nervous and restrained in front of him, Li Ling only smiled at him: "Come in with me, or wait outside?"

"I... I'd better wait for the young master outside." Gu Gang said after hesitating for a moment. Although he was honest, he knew the importance of it. He was really afraid that he would do something wrong and say something wrong and ruin something.

Li Ling smiled again: "Okay, there is a tea stall opposite. Just rest there and wait for me, and order two sesame cakes for me. After rushing for the past half a day, my stomach is empty." When he said this, Li Ling had stretched his hands straightened his wrinkled clothes because he had been on the bus for a long time, and then he put his hair down again, confirming that he looked like nothing was wrong, and then he stepped into the store with his head held high and his chest raised.
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