The Prefect's Palace is located in the center of the city. Four core main roads lead directly to the four city gates. Four spacious auxiliary roads also start from this point and lead directly to the four corners of the city wall. They are supplemented by triple loops to connect the entire city's roads.
Transportation is easily accessible.
The prefect's palace covers a large area. In addition to the palaces and squares in the front used for the prefect's governance, the prefect's inner palace is surrounded by high walls at the back.
The inner palace is divided into multiple areas. A main road running from north to south divides the inner palace into two halves. One half is the connected or independent palace courtyard, and the other half is the huge garden pavilion and civil and military school.
Ancestral hall, medical center and other family buildings.
There is a large lake in the garden. The lake is divided into three parts, connected to each other. There is a Tingyu Tower beside the largest lake. The stone base of the tower is very high. The upper building is divided into three floors, with carved railings and jade columns, and flying pavilions and flowing pills.
Standing tall and quiet, the view is excellent.
At this moment, there were many guards guarding Tingyu downstairs. Several maids brought fruit and tea inside, and after a while they came out quietly to guard the door. They opened and closed the door carefully, for fear that the slightest sound would anger the nobleman upstairs.
It was late autumn at this time, but the garden was still full of greenery, but the leaves of the ginkgo trees near Tingyu Tower had finally turned yellow, and they were golden, which was very eye-catching against the blue sky.
The sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and soon three horsemen galloped to Tingyu Downstairs. The strong wind picked up the yellow leaves, showing a slight hint of autumn.
The young man who is the leader of the three riders is tall and straight, wearing a red robe with black stripes and a high crown on his head. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a smile on his lips. He pulls the reins and jumps off the horse before the horse can stand firm.
He stood down, threw the riding crop to the guard who came up with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile, "Is mother upstairs?"
"Madam is upstairs," the guard replied as he hurriedly led the horse.
But the young man ignored him and stepped onto the stone foundation in three steps at a time. He turned around and said to the two people behind him, "You guys wait downstairs." After saying that, he pushed open the door to the building without caring about other people's responses.
Step into it.
The lobby on the first floor of Tingyu Building is high and spacious, with luxurious decoration. However, it is empty at the moment. The second floor is not as open as the first floor, and there is no one there. When the young man stepped onto the third floor, he felt that his eyes were much brighter, and he saw Lin Lin.
On one side of the lake, the door and windows are open. Solid wood tables and chairs are placed beside the door. There is only a slender young woman sitting elegantly on the chair. She is holding her chin in one hand and looking at the lake in the distance. She is dressed in a red robe that is neither glamorous nor delicate.
, enthusiastic but not too much, very comfortable to look at.
"Mother," the young man walked to the young woman's side and sat down. He reached out and took a bunch of grapes from the table, picked two grapes and threw them into his mouth. "I knew you were sitting around in Tingyulou again, and I didn't know that you were sitting there again.
What’s so good about such a broken lake?”
The young woman turned to look at the young man, revealing a small and delicate face with a gentle smile. Her eyes were half doting and half reproachful as she said, "I heard you riding horses kicking and kicking from all the way away."
No matter how beautiful the scenery was, my mood was gone due to the sound of stepping on my feet." She raised her finger and pointed at the boy's clothes and said, "He ran here without even changing into his court clothes. If your father sees him, he will inevitably scold him again."
"Father should still be in the garrison at this time. How could he come here to scold me in the back garden?" The young man smiled proudly for a while and then leaned towards the young woman mysteriously and asked, "Mother, can you
Do you know what father said in the meeting today?"
The young woman glanced at the young man and then turned to look at the lake. "Whatever you say is your men's business. My mother is just a woman, so it won't be of any use to her."
"Mom is of no use. Yun'er needs her to take care of many things like this." The young man came up to the young woman and flattered her a few words, then rubbed his chin and said sternly, "And what happened at the meeting today?"
Things are really strange. I didn't expect that my father would arrange this for a brother he had never met before, and I didn't expect that the brother would agree to it like that." Seeing that the young woman had no intention of continuing, he stood up and stood in front of the young woman to block her view.
Looking towards the lake, he said, "Mother, are you listening to me?!"
The young woman gave him a helpless look, picked up the teapot from the table, poured a glass of water and handed it to him, "You have to learn more about your father's temper. How can you manage people if you are so impatient? Sit down and drink a cup of tea and talk slowly.
Already."
The young man nodded, took the tea cup and drank it all, then sat down next to the young woman and said, "Mom, I know I'm not usually in such a hurry, but today this matter is really strange." He frowned slightly and said, "I have also learned about some protons in the past.
In the case of returning home, the county magistrate still has to have some ceremonial regulations. After all, in name, entering Zhongjing as a hostage is a meritorious service to Lijun, but this time there is nothing," he lowered his voice and said slowly, "
I inquired about it privately, and it was said that it was also my father’s intention..."
"Who did you ask for information?" The young woman interrupted the boy's question and handed him a piece of fruit.
"I asked Xiao Si to find out about the retainer of the Lord Jun Cheng's family who likes to wear white clothes." He raised his head and looked at the young woman's face. He couldn't see the slightest change and then continued, "What I just said is not the strangest thing.
Yes, the strangest thing is that my father lost his temper at the court meeting today. My father usually takes good care of these things, such as the inkstone and the pen holder, but this time he used them to hit people and smashed them to pieces!"
The young man shook his head and sighed for a while, then said, "Both the Gan Yuan Army and the Shang Yuan Army were unlucky. They were all sent to the southern battlefield. Especially Du Rushan of the Shang Yuan Army was almost beheaded by his father in anger.
, Fortunately, Lord Lieutenant and the others begged for mercy." The young man curled his lips and lowered his voice again, even whispering in the young woman's ear, "Father also asked me to go to the Licheng garrison as a supervisor!"
The young woman raised her head and glanced at the boy, smiling slightly and saying nothing.
"Mom is not surprised?" The young man stared at the young woman's face for a while and then asked doubtfully, "This position was held by my father before he took over the position of prefect. Now...what do you mean by father?"
?”
The young woman elegantly peeled a grape and put it into the young man's mouth before speaking slowly, "In Li County, all the prefects before taking the throne would inspect the Li City garrison."
The young man was stunned and then asked, "Have you been doing this since I was this old?"
The young woman shook her head and did not answer, but carefully peeled the second grape, "How about your brother...?"
The young man frowned slightly and glanced at his mother before saying, "The appearance is pretty good. After all, he is of the blood of our Luo family, but he is a bit useless. His father asked him to go to Cangyan to be the county magistrate. Mother, you know that,
Cangyan is a very closed place. My father wanted him to go to Cangyan for retirement, and he happily agreed. He also said that he wanted to be a wealthy and idle person. This reaction was a bit beyond my expectation, but it didn't matter.
What a big deal," he sneered, then opened his mouth to eat the grapes handed over by the young woman and said vaguely, "Father also asked me to take care of him more, and I agreed."
The young woman nodded and suddenly asked, "Who are the people who went to the temple with him?"