In front of the prefect's mansion is a completely open square, with roads leading here from all directions.
There were not many pedestrians coming and going in the square. Groups of soldiers lined up to patrol along a certain route. Soldiers and pedestrians did not delay anyone. It seemed that there was some strange sense of harmony between the army and the people.
Opposite the square is the cyan "palace wall" of the Taishou Mansion, which looks like a slightly smaller city wall. Because of the wide openness of the square, and the fact that there are only pedestrians and no other carriages and horses around, the palace wall looks like it from a distance.
It looks extremely tall and conspicuous.
In the middle of the palace wall is a tall gate tower with three floors. The same blue tiles match the palace wall. It has a different kind of majesty under the blue sky. The gate tower protrudes in the front, and there is probably an urn behind it. It can be seen that this city gate
The building is not just for viewing.
Luochuan got off the carriage and glanced at the prefect's palace. Then he walked towards the second carriage that had been following them. He smiled and saluted the ferocious-looking Taoist priest driving the carriage and said, "Senior Wan Song, are you interested in meeting me?"
The governor of Li County?"
The ferocious-looking Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Young master, please go on your own. We two brothers and sisters are waiting here."
Luo Chuan didn't say much. He nodded and turned around to go to the square. The old coachman walked beside him, Siqi followed a little behind him, and then there were Li Mu, the big man with hundreds of generals, and the five cavalrymen who were accompanying them.
As for the cavalry brought by Li Mu, they were placed beside the carriage and waited.
Crossing the square, neither the patrolling soldiers nor pedestrians showed much interest in their appearance, but a few boldly took a few more glances at Luo Chuan and Siqi's good looks.
As he got closer, Luochuan saw the huge word "Lijun" engraved on the tall city gate. When he got closer, he saw the moat built around the city, although it was not as good as the moat outside the city.
It is spacious, but it is not something that ordinary people can cross at will.
Holding the prefect's order in hand and successfully passing the strict inspection downstairs of the city gate, Luo Chuan and his party entered the palace under the leadership of two guards.
There was indeed an urn behind the city gate tower. Luo Chuan glanced at the four high walls, and then continued forward. When he passed through the urn, it suddenly became clear that he saw a tall main hall in the center of an open field.
The stone steps were held up high, and they were all alone in his line of sight as he looked up slightly.
The main hall is extremely wide and looks a bit flat. But when you climb up the stone steps and get closer, you will find that the hall is three to four feet high. Every pillar in front of the hall requires two adults to hug each other to surround it.
There are giant stone elephants on both sides of the front, and auspicious beasts and auspicious clouds are carved under the eaves of the corridor. The luxury and complexity of the building is naturally not as good as the emperor's palace that Luo Chuan had seen in Zhongjing City, but it is better than the simple and majestic atmosphere.
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At this moment, the door of the palace was closed, and everything was quiet. Apart from dozens of guards who were standing guard, there were only some figures who looked like palace attendants, bending down and waiting to be summoned at any time.
Seeing Luo Chuan and his entourage enter, two palace attendants stepped forward and chatted in low voices with the guards who brought Luo Chuan and his entourage in. Then they nodded, glanced at Luo Chuan and waved to everyone to follow him.
Only then did a few people come to the main hall and wait outside.
The older one among the palace attendants turned around to signal for everyone to silence, then he leaned close to Luo Chuan and whispered, "The Lord has not entered the palace yet. At this moment, only the ministers from the county are waiting in the palace." He couldn't help but look at it again.
Looking at Luo Chuan's face, he continued, "My lord knew that the eldest son was returning today, so he specifically asked me to wait here. There will naturally be a summons later, and then the eldest son and others will go in."
Luochuan said nothing, just smiled and nodded at him.
The palace attendant smiled back and turned around and stopped talking.
After a while, Luochuan heard the sound of people kneeling and singing in the hall, and then a calm and upright voice said, "Get up."
Luo Chuan's heart moved, and he thought that this was probably the prefect. Judging from the sound, he was still full of energy.
Government discussions began in the main hall. The voices were a little too low for Luo Chuan to hear clearly, and sometimes there were discussions that seemed chaotic. Luo Chuan couldn't help but feel a little tired after waiting outside the hall for a long time. Although he had a pretty good rest after entering Lijun territory,
After all, I was still a little bit agitated, and as soon as I entered Licheng, I rushed outside the palace to wait to be summoned, which made me feel a little bored.
He looked at Jiang Bo who was motionless beside him and Siqi who was a little nervous, then looked back at Li Mu and others behind him who had their heads lowered, and turned back helplessly to continue waiting.
I don't know how long it took before the sounds in the hall gradually died down. After a while, the door of the hall opened with a click from the inside. A rather old palace waiter came out and took a look at them, talking to Luo Chuan.
The palace attendant in front of him exchanged a look, then glanced at Luo Chuan's face again, and then shouted in a sharp voice, "The prefect ordered that Young Master Luo Chuan and his entourage enter the palace!"
Luo Chuan nodded, but Jiang Bo beside him and Li Mu and others behind him all performed a military salute and said, "Follow the eunuch's order!"
Luo Chuan ignored him and just walked into the main hall first, followed closely by the group of people.
As soon as he stepped into the hall, Luo Chuan felt the eyes of everyone in the hall falling on his face, especially the eyes from high positions deep in the hall, looking down, using the natural majesty of the building to press on him
, making him slightly uncomfortable.
But this level of discomfort naturally couldn't move him too much. He just smiled slightly and strode forward while meeting the gaze at the top.
I saw that man sitting in the only seat at the deepest and highest point of the hall, wearing a high golden crown and a dark ceremonial robe, with his hands on the table, a straight waist, a white face with a beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, look carefully
Looking at him, the majestic air about him is not as strong as the bookish air, and makes people feel that he is gentler than cold.
"Greetings to the Lord!"
"Greetings to the Governor!"
Luochuan heard everyone behind him saluting, so he stopped where he was, bowed to the man above him and saluted as a junior, "Greetings to the Grand Administrator."
There was silence in the hall, and the ministers on both sides looked at each other and exchanged glances.
The prefect at the head of the hall just said nothing. He stared at Luochuan quietly for a long time before slowly speaking, "I entered the capital at the age of three and served as hostage for thirteen years. My son has worked hard."
The voice was calm and there was no emotion at all.
Luo Chuan bowed again and replied, "Zhongjing City is quite prosperous, and with Uncle Jiang and Siqi by my side, it's not hard work."
The eyes of everyone in the hall fell on him again, but no one dared to interrupt the conversation between the long-separated father and son at this time.
But how to figure out these words in private is another matter.
After hearing Luo Chuan's words, the prefect was silent for a moment, and then suddenly raised his voice and asked, "I heard that my son was made trouble at the gate of Li city?"
As soon as I asked this question, everyone in the hall was shocked!