Cangyan City is a big city.

Although the area of ​​Cangyan Basin is much smaller than that of the Ganyuan Basin, this big city located in the center of the basin is much larger than that of the Ganyuan City. It is said that it is the only core of the Cangyan area without any moisture.

There are only two gates in the big city, with the city gates not opposite each other and the roads are not straight. The military and civilians in the city are mixed with public and private intertwined. The layout seems messy, but in fact they are designed according to the principle of military priority, so that the city walls in various places can obtain the shortest time of maximum support when attacked.

However, this big city that has maintained a militarized defensive situation for hundreds of years has never been broken in history.

It is precisely because of hundreds of years of peace that even though Cangyan is located on the border and is faintly surrounded by Western barbarians through the mountains, this big city in the center still has produced extreme prosperity, with a large population and frequent trade exchanges.

On this day, firecrackers were ringing everywhere in Cangyan City, and the people in the market were suppressing their joy. After telling each other, more firecrackers sounded, making a festive atmosphere.

A resting wine shop near the East City Gate welcomed two guests, including old and young. They were white-haired and white-bearded, dressed simply, gray cloth shoes, and held wooden sticks, but they looked very energetic and did not hunchback. They smiled at everyone they saw.

The child who was following me was a boy who looked four or five years old. He was dressed quite simply but was pink and white, especially with big black eyes. He seemed to be curious about everything in the world, but his two thick eyebrows were always slightly frowning. Not only did he not add a little maturity, but he felt cute and pity, which attracted the women on the roadside to watch frequently.

The old man chose the empty table that was the most beside the wine shop, settled the boy and sat down, and sat opposite him, then smiled gently at the cardamom girl who was walking towards them in the wine shop, "Child, give me a pot of cheapest rice wine for the old man, and give him a small bowl of clear soup noodles."

The girl turned around and returned to the shop.

The boy didn't even look at the girl, but just looked at a few passers-by in the corner of the street. After the people left, they turned around and asked the old man, "Old ancestor, today is not the New Year or the Festival. Everyone is very happy all the way. Why?"

The old man also looked at the people whispering in the alleys around and smiled, "After a dirty official dies, the people will naturally be happy."

The boy was even more surprised, "Since you are happy, why should you hide?"

The old man sighed, "A dirty official died, and the other dirty officials are still there, so naturally they cannot celebrate openly."

The boy seemed to understand, but his frown was deeper, "When I grow up, I will kill all the stolen officials in the world, and I will tell the people of Zhongzhou to be like today every day!"

The old man smiled and shook his head, then glanced at the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes walking straight towards him. Before the man could speak, he sent the voice into his ears, "How are your teacher lately?"

The middle-aged man looked square, had bright eyebrows, wide lips and beards, and was very noble. At this moment, he saw the old man in the wine shop asking questions first, but he was not too surprised. He just walked to the old man silently and looked at him and said softly, "Hello, my master, Yiming had specially instructed him before going out that he would definitely say hello to him when he saw him again."

The old man smiled and nodded, "How many states and counties have you been to now?"

The middle-aged man squatted down and didn't care about his luxurious clothes because of this movement that touched the dust on the ground. "When I leave Cang Yan and go to Licheng again, I will go to the city, even if I have completed the three states and eighteen counties."

"Where are you going next?" the old man asked again.

"Come on a boat from Guangjun and follow Ya River and go straight into Jiangzhou," the middle-aged man said frankly.

"Okay, okay," the old man smiled and raised his hand to stroke his beard. "Now Jingzhou has become a trapped place, so it's really okay if you don't look at it."

"In the end, I still wanted to go back and have a look, but Yiming also understood that if the conditions no longer allow it, then I will not go again," replied the middle-aged man.

The old man turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man again, and said, "Great Good."

At this time, the cardamom girl who had previously run back to the wine shop brought the noodles and wine and was walking out. The middle-aged man slowly stood up and looked at the city gate, murmured in a very low voice, "Sir, please say goodbye, sir."

After saying that, he didn't wait for the old man to reply, so he waved his sleeves and turned around. To outsiders, it seemed like a wealthy family had some conflicts with the common people in the city and left.

The girl obviously saw this scene and couldn't help but be stunned. Then she took a few steps to put down the noodles and rice wine, and then lowered her voice and said to the old man, "Grandpa, I think that man is quite rich. You and grandson should finish eating earlier and go out of the city."

The old man looked up and looked at the girl seriously. She saw that she was beautiful and beautiful. Although she did not wear any makeup or clothes, she still had the intention of clean and dusty. He smiled slightly and nodded.

Seeing that he had no intention of being anxious, the girl was a little anxious. She brought the noodle bowl to the boy, took out the chopsticks and handed them to her hands, and smiled and said softly, "Little brother, it's getting late. Hurry up and finish the noodles and go home with grandpa."

Unexpectedly, the boy looked at her, then looked down at the clear soup noodles, and he was slow to move his chopsticks.

The girl trotted back to the shop. After a while, she took a few pieces of bacon and put them in the boy's bowl. She raised a finger and squinted it to her mouth. Then she reached out and pinched the boy's face. Then she turned around and said to the old man who was still smiling, "Grandpa, I see that man in the Chinese uniform has not left the city. You can avoid some trouble if you left the city earlier, right?"

The old man still nodded.

After the boy finally frowned and ate the bowl of noodles for a while, the old man put down the wine bowl in his hand, and then called the busy girl back to the shop, and took out a small bronze mirror the size of a palm in the girl's puzzled gaze.

The old man looked at himself with the mirror, then reached out to the mirror, and the blue light flashed in the direction that the girl could not see and then disappeared. When he looked at the mirror, it was many times clearer than before. He nodded with satisfaction and handed the mirror to the girl and said, "You can keep this mirror for yourself, or you can hand it over to the young master in the convoy escorted by a convoy of red armored cavalry into the city."

After saying that, he waved his hand and refused, and put the mirror and the meal money on the table. He held the boy who was still frowning and walked out of the city, muttering to himself as he walked, "It's time for everyone to see it, and I heard the festive firecrackers all over the city. It's time to go home..."

The boy beside him jumped up and heard this, "Really? It's so good...!"

The old man walked very steadily, but the boy jumped happily and gradually came into the crowd and disappeared.

Only the girl who was still standing at the door of the wine shop was left, holding the bronze mirror with exquisite carvings that could see the preciousness at a glance. She didn't know what to do. When the mother in the wine shop was too busy and shouted the third time, she let out the bronze mirror in her arms, turned around and entered the wine shop...
Chapter completed!