"Who is the commander of Sentinel A? No need to bother..." He Qizhou didn't want people to notice that there was anything special about him.
"As you know, Master Xia Tong has taken charge of the first post. Don't worry, we will hide your identity for you." The personal guard advised, and then watched He Qizhou, who was holding Dahuang, enter the city as the last one, and shouted loudly: "The time is up.
, close the city gate!”.
After entering the city tower, they passed through the Wengcheng, but He Qizhou, who had already entered the city, did not see any streets, houses, barracks and other buildings. The motorcade was actually still passing through a five-foot-wide corridor with walls on both sides of the corridor.
It was also about five feet high, not much lower than the outer city wall. It was dark, and there was even an eerie feeling when walking in the corridor.
He Qizhou visually assessed that the city was only two miles square, and he had no idea where the cars in front had gone. He passed through two more city gates along the corridor, and at each gate there were people checking the items on the cars. He Qizhou suddenly understood why the convoy was moving like this.
Slowly, but secretly sighing in my heart, Jiayuguan actually has a city within a city, and it seems to be really impregnable.
Suddenly he saw Zhu Gui riding his horse from the front. After seeing He Qizhou, he said: "It's great luck. After setting up the hay cart later, we will go to the city posthouse to spend the night!"
He Qizhou didn't understand and asked, "Why is this called luck?"
"You'll know if you keep walking forward," Zhu Gui said with a smile.
Sure enough, after walking a few steps and about a mile deep into the city, He Qizhou's eyes suddenly lit up. The five-foot-wide corridor actually entered an urn city that was forty feet long and wide. Looking around, he saw that all the carts had stopped.
In this urn city, there are ditches around the urn city, latrines are built in the four corners, and a high platform one foot square is built in the center, which is blocked by a wooden fence. Four soldiers hold spears and stand at the four corners of the high platform. The exit of the corridor is on the west side of the urn city.
There is still a corridor at the other end.
The coachmen in Wengcheng were busy unloading the vehicles, setting up stoves, and setting up tents. Zhu Gui introduced that because Jiayuguan Pass was so important, only business travelers were allowed to pass through it, but they were not allowed to enter other parts of the city. Generally speaking, coolies and coachmen would
The goods would spend the night in the southern half of the Wengcheng, while merchants, followers, sergeants and other people with higher status would spend the night in the northern half of the Wengcheng.
Only a very small number of officials and wealthy businessmen with superior status could be invited to rest in the city's posthouse. He didn't know how many times he went there, but he just passed through this corridor every time. Once, he accompanied the fifth-rank master Qian Shi.
When entering the city, Mr. Qian Shi could only stay in this urn city. This was the first time that the city guard informed him that he could arrange accommodation in the city.
He Qizhou knew in his heart that this was Han Chong's good intention, and for fear of arousing suspicion, he simply let these soldiers enter the inner city together. However, he still had to think of a way to return to Wengcheng after dark.
In addition to the convoy that He Qizhou was in, there were more than thirty carriages in Wengcheng. The business travelers who were passing by were probably planning to spend the night here. Because they arrived early, five or six tents had been set up near the central residence. He Qizhou saw the hundred-household chairun.
The soldier with his two subordinates who was currently looking up and talking to the soldier on the high platform in the middle was saying something. The soldier shook his head repeatedly, so Chai Run had no choice but to give up and leave with a sigh.
Zhu Guidao said: "Because there are ditches and latrines at the four corners and walls of the Wengcheng. The weather is hot now, and there is almost no smell only near the center of the Wengcheng. Chai Run wants to ask the first comer to move his seat, but the rules of Jiayuguan are only based on order.
No matter how high or low you are, you deserve it!"
After Chai Run took a vicious look at the people in the middle tent, he hurriedly asked his men to seize the better seats and asked the coachmen to come first to help them set up the tents. Of course, the one with the best position would be reserved for Young Master Wei.
Entourage. Mr. Wei and the elders around him have been invited by the soldiers to the post house in the city.
After a while, a soldier walked straight towards Zhu Gui and the other four people in the west corridor, and said to Zhu Gui: "You four are the hay guards, right? You don't need to declare to customs this time, just come with me."
"Okay." Zhu Gui turned to the three people behind him and said, "Have you brought all your luggage? You can take a shower at night!"
"Hurry up!" The soldier was a little impatient because he really couldn't figure out why the superiors would let them enter the city.
"Okay, okay, we'll follow you!" Zhu Gui had already prepared his luggage and didn't care about others. He happily followed the soldier who turned away.
When the four people walked in front of Chai Run, Chai Run's eyes almost popped out. He suddenly remembered something and immediately ran up to the soldier on duty on the central platform again: "Brother, I am the chief officer of this escort.
Why can those four guys enter the city?"
"How do I know this?" The soldiers on the high platform looked down on the rat-like Cang soldiers, and even hated him for pestering him again and again.
"I heard that Axiang said that it might be because the racecourse came to intercede, saying that the people holding the straw were working hard, and asked our general to take care of him..." Another soldier on the stage interjected.
"No way?" The soldier who was pestered by Chai Run didn't believe it.
"I am the chief officer of Aicao!" Chai Run still wanted to make a few excuses.
"We still have to be on duty. I don't care about you. If you don't go back, I will act according to the rules!" The soldier couldn't bear it anymore.
A Cang soldier behind Chai Run quickly grabbed Chai Run and whispered in his ear: "Sir, I wonder if Mr. Wei wants to 'take care' of that pretty boy, so..."
"It makes sense, then let's wait and see the good show, hahaha..." Chai Run thought about it and finally understood what was going on.
…
He Qizhou followed into the west corridor. Torches were already lit in the corridor. Above the corridor was a towering tower. Just a few steps into the corridor, there was a doorway on the left and right of the corridor. Zhu Gui whispered to Qi Zhou that the door on the right was the one leading to the corridor.
It's customs, but you don't have to worry about it this time.
The four people followed the soldiers and walked through the doorway on the left. There was a huge iron door open at the door. Ten fully armed guards were guarding the door. The guards did not ask any questions and allowed the five people to pass through. They passed by rows of suspicious people.
After the barracks buildings, we came to a courtyard surrounded by low walls. The soldier leading the way said: "The four of you will stay in Room C in the west wing tonight. Dinner is in the small building in the north courtyard. You can go there at any time."
, I will come back at 10:00 tomorrow to take you back to Wengcheng. Remember, you must not leave this courtyard without permission!"
"Okay! Got it, got it." Zhu Gui nodded and bowed, respectfully seeing off the soldier who was leading the way. The four of them stepped into the courtyard and turned to the west corridor. Room C was the third room, and they saw Wei Chenliang and his personal entourage.
As he opened the door and walked out of Room A, he was stunned when he saw the four people. Zhu Gui hurriedly grabbed He Qizhou and others, and nodded and bowed again to let them out.
"Let's go have a meal first, General Zhang is waiting." Uncle Zhang said in a low voice when he saw that Wei Chenliang was stunned and seemed to want to say something to He Qizhou.
"Okay! It's a pity that General Han is not here." Wei Chenliang said.
Of course Zhu Gui knew who General Han and General Zhang were referring to. They were both figures who could shatter him with a stamp of their feet. Of course he knew that Wei Chenliang and his entourage wanted them to know their identities. However, at this time, he did not feel inferior.
I became even more proud, and I could brag to others in the future that I lived in the same courtyard as the Second Young Master Wei in Jiayuguan, with only one room in between...
The room in the post house is not big, with four small wooden beds lined up side by side. There is also a toilet and a large basin in the room. Zhu Gui knew that Jiayuguan had dug deep wells and had ditches to bring in melted snow water from the mountains in the south.
Along the way, being able to take a hot bath is a more luxurious thing than eating meat every meal.
"Let's go eat first. Will there be nothing to eat if we are late?" Xiao Si, the soldier under his command, was more concerned about eating.
"Let's go!" Zhu Gui waved his hand and took the four people to the north courtyard. Because there was only a two-story building, there was no need to look for it. The kitchen was downstairs and the meals were upstairs. The guards outside the building took the four people there.
Upstairs, there is only one big room with six Eight Immortals tables. Only Wei Chenliang and Zhang Bo occupied a lonely table in the whole room. On it was a small pot of mutton and a few steamed buns. There were also two tables in front of them.
Each has a bowl of mutton soup.
After seeing the four patrolling soldiers again, Wei Chenhao seemed to be losing his dignity and said to the guard leading the way: "Brother, please tell General Zhang and let him go about his business in peace. I will come see him on the way back."
." Then he winked at Uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang is also a smart man, so he hurriedly said: "The young master is indeed reasonable. Since Mr. Zhang is still working on building city defenses, we will not cause any trouble."
The guard looked confused and said in a low voice with a local accent: "You two officials, we are just a gatekeeper. I can't see General Yesterday."
Wei Chenliang cursed secretly, "You think I don't know?" Seeing that the guard was really stupid, he waved his hand and asked him to leave. There was another noise on the stairs, and a cook held up a large plate with four bowls of mutton soup in it.
The mutton and a large plate of steamed buns were placed on the table for four people. He Qizhou put them on the table and said: "Eat the mutton while it's hot. Our mutton soup is so delicious. Even Magistrate Lu praised it when he came last time."
Let’s! Those two over there, you say four?”
Of course, Zhu Gui chose the table farthest from Wei Chenliang, but it was only two tables away. Their food was exactly the same as Wei Chenliang's, but the quantity was twice as much. Wei Chenliang's face changed when he saw the cook coming upstairs.
It was getting darker and darker, and he was drinking soup by himself. When the cook asked him, he forced a smile and nodded stiffly.
Just as He Qizhou stuffed a piece of mutton into his mouth, another noise came from the stairs. The guard brought up two women, Feng Yan and the masked Qi Xu. The three groups looked at each other in surprise. He Qizhou was staring at Qi Xu because
Xu, the other party yelled and asked: "What are you looking at! Can't the groom come to eat?" He was so frightened that the meat in his mouth was about to fall off. He thought to himself, it seems that tonight's plan has to be abandoned.
The chef who had just gone downstairs came up from downstairs in a blink of an eye, carrying the same food as He Qizhou's table, but the amount was half less. Then he said again: "Eat the mutton while it's hot. Our mutton soup is delicious.
Even when Magistrate Lu came last time, he kept praising us! Two people over there, what do you think of four? Four people over here, what do you think?" The chef's accent was heavier than that of the soldiers just now.