In early summer, the rising sun rose, and a layer of mist shrouded in the Eastern Capital gradually dispersed, revealing the appearance of perhaps the largest city in the world.

To the north of the city is Beimang Mountain, a magnificent palace group stands behind Beimang Mountain and across the river, and is called Ziwei Palace. From Beimang Mountain to Luoshui, there are not only palace groups, but also more than 50 square cities on the east side of Ziwei Palace, which is Luoyang County. There are more than 90 square meters south of Luoshui, which is Henan County. Together, they form the fundamental main body of the city.

In addition, there are seven or eight functional small cities around the city. To the west of the city, countless artificial lakes and artificial canals have been dug, forming a huge western garden and forming a natural city-moist water system.

It is precisely because of the Western Garden and the Luoshui passing through the city that the increasingly hot Dongdu City is filled with mist every morning.

It has been ten days since Zhang Xing arrived in Dongdu. Unlike Qin Bao who joined the Jinyi patrolman of the Fushishi Department of Jing'an Taichung Town, the thief army only lived in the Ji'an Marquis Mansion in Tongtufang north of Luoshui for three days. From the fourth day, he moved to Xiuyefang and rented a small courtyard alone, and became a sergeant in the capital city patrolman under the Fushishi Department of Jing'an Taitung Town.

Commonly known as Jingjiehu is also.

The rent was paid by the public, so after the matter was told to the Fangye in the north gate of Benfang, he rented the middle courtyard of the Fangye's house. Because the courtyard was close to the Fangyemen, Zhang Xing was awakened by the movements in front of the Fangyemen almost every morning when the fog was foggy. Then he got up to eat at the Fangyemen's breakfast stall and came back to read the book. He developed the good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

Generally, when the fog dissipates, the entrance and exit of the yard is smooth and the streets are gradually becoming lively, colleagues from the Dongzhen Fushi will come to find him.

This day is no exception.

"Zhang Xiaowei, is Zhang Xiaowei here? It's time to patrol the streets. Your two friends have already arrived in front of the gate to wait for you." The voice of the Fangguan Laozi Brother Liu rang out on time.

Zhang Xing, who was dressed in a standard cloth suit, did not respond when he heard this. He just put away the books borrowed from the Marquis of Ji'an and put them in a box on one side. He tied a forehead wiping, then picked up a knife next to him and put it on the embroidered scimitar. Then he got up to open the gate of the courtyard, and directly held the knife on the threshold to salute the knocker and thanked the person:

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Liu, I'm ready, so let's go out now."

To put it more, the so-called door clerk's main job is to open and close the door, and may also serve as the morning mu summons on the street in front of the door... To put it bluntly, he is the lowest-level non-staff official, and the housekeeper is an elegant name among the people.

A similar situation is Zhang Xing's "Captain Captain". This is not a real military officer. He is the lowest-level military soldier in the Beijing Neighbor Affairs Department under the Jing'an Platform. He is commonly known as the school lieutenant and the strong man, and he just sounds nice.

Turning back to his eyes, seeing Zhang Xing so skillfully, Liu Fangzhu, who was about 50 years old that year, seemed to have expected it, but he still looked in the yard when Zhang Xing closed the door and went to read: "I was reading a book again in the morning?"

"Yes, it's better to study than to have nothing to do with your own affairs." Zhang Xing turned around and closed the door, and responded casually.

"It's either practicing martial arts or reading books or practicing calligraphy. You won't have time to have time... It's rare for you to be so young and so motivated." After the two walked outside the gate, Brother Liu couldn't help but sigh along the way. "With such ambition, you must have a big situation in Dongdu."

"The Dongdu City is big, and it is under the feet of the emperor. It has always been difficult for him to live in." Zhang Xing, who tied a knife in his waist, was frank. "I didn't expect any overall situation. I just read and practiced with interest in this regard, and I had no place to find joy."

This is true, but Master Liu naturally doesn't believe it.

The two of them said a few casually and came to the courtyard gate outside. They saw a daughter who was fourteen or fifteen years old wearing a light yellow shirt holding the bamboo trunk of the breakfast stall. Zhang Xing naturally avoided her a little, and Brother Liu also had a gentle look on his eyes. No one else, the person who came was the youngest daughter of the gatekeeper... When his daughter was blushing and bowed her head, Zhang Xing then went straight forward. Sure enough, he saw two colleagues, one of the elderly surnamed Wang and the other one of the young surnamed Zhao, who were already waiting in the gate. There was a man holding a bun that he didn't want to eat at the stall of Liu Fangzhu. When he saw Zhang Xing coming out, he swallowed the buns and waved them together.

Zhang Xing stepped forward, said a few words, and laughed at each other, and then began to patrol the streets together.

The so-called street patrol is just a crossroads made up of four symmetrical arches, namely, Shang Shan and Jing Shan, and pretend to be suffocating public security. By noon, you can go home for a while and have a rest for the afternoon. Then, you will gather together in the evening and see a serious seventh-rank brocade flag on the bridge at the intersection of the street. You can explain and hand over it.

The work is very leisurely and Zhang Xing likes it very much. He has been doing this for the past seven days.

However, this time, the three of them patrol the street until noon and came to the intersection routinely. Zhang Xing was about to go back and continue reading, but unexpectedly, the two walked in front without saying a word, turned around and headed northward, and then turned to half of the water street on the south bank of Luoshui.

The Luo River crosses the Eastern Capital, the capital is expensive, and the military and civilians in all states all come in from this waterway, and there are countless cargo warehouses and docks. The river channel is so prosperous that it is also very important. Therefore, the North Office of the Da Nei (Empress), Jing'antai, the Palace City Imperial Guard, and the South Yai have special and serious officials to connect with each other, or directly participate in supervision.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xing had known that there was a half-broad water street attached to Shangshan and the two fangs of Jingshan, but he always thought that this place was not within his own work scope.

But now it seems that there is another explanation.

"Brother Zhang, we don't hide it from you."

After walking more than a hundred steps along the bustling street under the Luoshui Jindi, seeing that Zhang Xing was still silent, a slightly younger Zhao 'Captain' accompanied him was admired and couldn't help but speak first. "Your transfer is too abrupt, almost forced into it, and there is no trace of the details. Therefore, Master Feng and we dare not recognize it easily. They only asked us to take you to patrol the cross street. Don't let you come to this water street. Don't resent our brothers."

Zhang Xing smiled: "This is the reason, how can you resent the two brothers?"

"That's good." The Wang 'School Captain', a few years older, nodded when he heard this. "Besides, I brought you here today, and I am also under the banner master. We both think you are a proper person and are determined to recognize your brother's meaning... Let's go to Feng's house to sit and talk about your origin and our brothers' usual ways."

"Two brothers, Quanlao." Zhang Xing was still not confused at all.

Just like that, after walking a few more steps, the old king suddenly stopped and pointed to a flag-hanging tavern that poked out from the wall of Jingshanfangfang.com to give a brief introduction:

"This is our own property of Mr. Feng. My sister-in-law personally works as a wine shop. Everyone gathers there usually, and she has never been worried about it... The banner owner and the other brothers are all waiting... But Brother Zhang, what do you have to ask in the end? Our brothers have followed you for six or seven days, and they are a group of people who are closer, so don't worry."

Zhang Xing nodded, thought for a while, and immediately asked: "Our Feng Banner is a serious seventh-rank chief banner. He has four yards in charge of it. He is also a luxury figure on the street. I wonder if he has a nickname? If he has no scruples, can he tell his brothers?"

The two 'campires' looked at each other. The young Xiao Zhao was a little anxious. The older Lao Wang smiled and replied: "I don't hide it from Brother Zhang, there is nothing to hide. Our banner owner did have a nickname. I heard the old man in a nearby gang call him in the early years. It is said that he is called "Mutched Candy Iron Hand... Muddy Water, Honey Candy, Steel Iron... This is probably related to the fact that the General Banner had done the candy business in the early years. I don't know what it means."

Zhang Xing raised his eyebrows, but he felt it became interesting and his face was rarely vivid.

In this way, the three of them didn't say much and entered the store directly from the wooden stairs hanging from the wall.

It was afternoon, and although the store was not very noisy, it was still sitting there, which was a different world. But unlike other places, I saw three Jing'antai "Capitals" wearing foreheads and embroidered swords entering the store. The laughter and the discussion in the store was not at all, as if I knew whose industry this was.

In other words, it is because I know whose industry it is that I come here to discuss business and eat and drink.

"Xiaoyu."

The young Captain Zhao greeted a young lady who was drinking from afar. "Can the flag owner be on the second floor?"

"Ask a lot!" The young maid turned around and cursed, shook her breasts seven points and had two points of sweat. "Can you still be elsewhere? If you have time to tease me, why don't you help me do some work!"

Xiao Zhao didn't care about it, but laughed and lingered and teased the other party. Even the old Wang didn't care at all. While walking in, he bowed to a graceful middle-aged woman behind the counter: "Sister-in-law, if you are so tired of Xiaoyu, Xiao Zhao is afraid that Xiao Zhao will feel sorry for you."

"Then let Xiao Zhao redeem her... I spent thirty cents to buy Xiao Yu from the human teeth. Now that I have developed this way, it is worth 100 cents. It's still worth 100 cents. But who made the store count on her? But Xiao Zhao is his own brother. If he really comes to redeem it, it's only 50 cents..."

The woman raised her head and said to Xiao Zhao. Her eyes were flowing gently. She didn't know if it was of other ethnic origin or the bloodlines left by the Lich clan mentioned in the book, but she directly stared at Zhang Xing, who was just a newcomer.

"This is the new brother Zhang, right? His figure looks like the vanguard of the upper Five Army."

"Sister-in-law has good eyesight." Zhang Xing smiled and bowed his hands.

The old woman was about to smile and say something, but suddenly she was stunned with the older captain next to her. After a moment, she quickly pointed her finger at the second floor: "Go quickly, I will send you good wine and good food."

Zhang Xing nodded and went upstairs directly. The elder Wang also turned around and called Xiao Zhao who was teasing the maid, and hurriedly followed.

When I came upstairs, I saw the bearded General Feng Qi leading two small flags, seven or eight "College Captains" in the largest room in front of him.

Those who know this situation naturally know that this is a soldier who is in charge of the capital security under the Taitung Fu Department of Jing'an. If you don't know, you may think it is a gang entrance on the street.

Of course, it's probably the same.

Zhang Xing was not pretentious and still bowed his greetings properly, saying:

"Banner."

"What flag owner?" Only in his forties, the chief qi of Feng, who is nicknamed as a candy-wrapped hand, smiled slightly and stepped forward to help the other party up. He was not as cold as he had been a few days ago, but seemed kind. "Unless there is any opportunity, it is difficult to get up in this life. Those who have never cared about this are just making a living on the street and calling me brother... But Xiao Zhang, you are so young, and I heard that you still have to put down your hand all day long. I am afraid you will have a great future in the future."

Zhang Xing shook his head repeatedly, still sincere: "I'm just a little more curious and think reading is interesting, and I have no other hope... I'll make the banner owner laugh."

"It's okay." Mr. Feng waved his hand and pointed to the reserved three seats, then sat back and then straight to the point. "Lao Wang and Xiao Qian both said that you are a proper person, but if you can't ask clearly, we will always feel uneasy... Xiao Zhang, what did you do before?"

"The main soldiers of the Zhonglei Army." Zhang Xing did not hesitate at all, nor did he mean to hide it.

"Looking at your actions, you may be from the army." Everyone below General Feng Qi changed their expressions except that Old Wang had already known it downstairs, so they pondered for a moment before replying. "But I didn't expect it was the Shangwu Army... Xiao Zhang, let me ask carefully, aren't the Shangwu Army still fighting the Dongyi people in the East?"

"Brothers all understand the situation, I'm afraid I guessed it." Zhang Xing replied without any haste. "Yang Shen rebelled and cut off military rations. The front was already defeated... Now, it is impossible to tell whether the court deliberately blocked the news. The defeat was too miserable and so extreme that it had not been transmitted. Anyway, as far as I know, the upper five armies are basically gone. On my way back alone, I happened to meet a team of patrol cavalry in brocade. One of them was a black belt who acted fairly. He helped me write a seal and then came back to find Jing'antai for a resettlement... However, when I returned to the capital, I found that the relationship between the past was all in the army and there was no news. It was like a rock sinking to the sea. Although I returned to my old place, I only had to study behind closed doors every day."

The noise downstairs was still there, but the upstairs was silent for a moment.

After a while, Mr. Feng smiled bitterly: "Actually, as official people, we always know more about the news than ordinary people. Yang Ni's wave, anyone can guess that the front line will be defeated and will be defeated, but they didn't expect that the defeat was so miserable that only a few people escaped, and almost no one dared to say that... And now that the 200,000 elite troops are gone, the Dongyi people will definitely invade the coast again, and the news will spread sooner or later. In addition, Yang Ni ruined the Central Plains like that, and sooner or later, there will be a big wave of storms in Dongdu. We all have to be prepared."

These words seemed to be about Zhang Xing before, but later they seemed to be about everyone, and there were quite a few people in the house nodding.

"But no matter what, Xiao Zhang's background is quite similar to our guess, so I feel relieved." Feng Zongqi came back to his senses and continued to sigh. "From now on, the precedent here in Shui Street is the same as him... I am a newcomer and climbed out of the dead. There is no need to rush to make him work hard, just take it slowly... Also, you don't have to come here to play when you have time."

As he said that, without waiting for Zhang Xing to thank him, General Feng stood up and went out. Everyone quickly stood up and saw him off, but he waved his hand to stop him. As the crowd sat down for a while, General Feng had not returned, but instead brought wine, water, meat and vegetables to deliver them together. The crowd probably got used to it, and went straight to eat and drink with the door open.

However, since the situation is about to be bad, it does not bring the topic to Zhang Xing, who should have been the protagonist. Instead, it talks about the increase in rice and flour prices, Yang Nixing Prison, Dongyi invasion of the coastal areas, including the routine administrative dispute between the Xidu Daxing-Chang'an and the Dongdu Luoyang-Henan.

Of course, some people have mentioned a little bit of "business" in the water street, which is basically the same as the gangs, and even the messages of competing with other gangs.

In this regard, Zhang Xingye was happy to be an audience.

After drinking and eating, he said goodbye to everyone calmly. In the afternoon, he returned to the gate of Xiuyefang alone, but was blocked by a string of extremely high-standard frames and rested in front of the door.

PS: Thanks to the new leader, Mr. Xue Luofeng, this book is 27-colored and is also an old book friend.
Chapter completed!