In the southwestern suburbs of Luoyang City, only the Fanfang under the city is separated from Shendu Garden/Xiyuan and Xishi by a Dingding Gate. It has been surrounded and surrounded by troops and horses coming from all directions, with numerous barriers and barriers set up.
The water was sealed off. Only the public officials who patrolled the streets were left, beating gongs and drums and shouting for everyone to wait patiently at home for subsequent enumeration.
In fact, as a place where a large number of foreigners from outside areas and vassal states have gathered and settled for a long time. After years of evolution, the fanfang of Luodu has been divided into two parts: inside the city and outside the city. Among them, it is located near the west market in the city
, Fanfang, which has many different regional characteristics and customs, is the face and place of Huairou in the Tang Dynasty, which is inclusive to the world.
Therefore, those who are eligible to live here are either descendants of various ethnic groups who have been naturalized in China for many years, or are Hu Jia, a merchant who has lived in China for a long time, or are the relatives and children of envoys from various countries and their retinues and subordinates. They are basically outsiders.
The middle and upper class families in the group can show that they have no worries about food and clothing, the people are honest and kind, the people are virtuous, and the scenery is beautiful.
The suburbs located in the northwest corner of the city, separated by a wall. It was formed by several tributaries of the Yongji Canal. It was once a river swamp and a pond area. However, due to the spontaneous gathering of a large number of foreign people, one of the many lower city squares in Luodu was born - Xi.
Qufanfang represents the two sides of Luodufanfang, the less glorious and even grayer side.
Because there are a large number of employees at the lowest level related to the West Market Fanfang. In other words, although they work in the West Market, they are unable to afford the cost of living and daily expenses of settling and staying in Luodu City. Therefore,
Every day, with the sound of drums opening and closing the Dingding Gate, they worked in the West Market in the city during the day, and returned to the outside of the city to rest at night.
Because, this is a land built on old rivers and swamps with wooden piles and trusses. The daily necessities are undoubtedly much cheaper. As long as you are willing to pay the minimum price of a penny, you can get a place similar to this.
The shelter is the size of a coffin board, and it only costs a few pennies to fill the belly with a variety of inferior ingredients from unknown sources.
Therefore, over time, this place has also become home to many ethnic minorities and barbarians who have been stranded in China and have been engaged in low-level jobs for generations, as well as runaway slaves and abandoned children from those families, and even criminals, fugitives, and private traders from corresponding backgrounds.
It was an agreed gathering place. So over the years, even the local or foreign scholars of the Tang Dynasty rarely set foot in the period.
It's like a piece of moss on the corner of the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty; it may not look good and has many potential problems; but it is an indispensable metropolis and an indispensable part of the pyramid-like ecological circle. Even even
The poor people of the Han family can also find a certain sense of psychological superiority through some invisible chain of discrimination that can be used to teach their children a lesson.
Of course, compared to the relatively well-planned and unique fanfangs of various ethnic groups around the West Market in the city, Xiqu Fanfang is an out-and-out hodgepodge. Just pull someone out from the street here.
Maybe you can have the blood of Persia, Daqin, and Tianzhu. Therefore, the big and small Tibetan gangs and gangs can play a role here.
And they also represent the remnants and marginalized people who are disliked by the mainstream of the Tibetan people of all ethnic groups in terms of appearance and body shape. Because the Tu Tibetan races in places such as Fusang, Silla, Annan and other places only need to pass one or two in appearance.
After generations of people intermarry and mix blood, they will quickly abandon their original ethnic group and old identity, and from then on, generation after generation will regard themselves as authentic Tang people.
And many ethnic groups in the Northern Fortress, Western Regions, and Southern Barbarians are just like this. On the contrary, Daqin, Persia, Tianzhu, etc. have had ancient contacts with China since the Han Dynasty. While maintaining their own relative characteristics, they also have large-scale tribes in the city.
The Fanfang inhabited area. And the many vassal ethnic groups that followed constituted the supplementary source of Xiqu Fanfang.
Because most of them have looks and appearances that are obviously not of my race, coupled with the lack of official legal status and stable financial resources, it is basically impossible to get out of here and seek a new life and career outside.
. Therefore, their biggest hope is to be favored by the fanfang in the city, or else the next generation will look like the Tang people.
However, darkness under the lamp in the usual sense does not mean that Luoyang County or Henan Prefecture has completely given up the power to control and extract profits from this area. In fact, this area is closely related to many Luodu City Lower Squares.
Likewise, he has his own name and nationality, and is a boss who is elected by all parties and is responsible for negotiations and official affairs.
He was even able to pay a decent amount of household income and miscellaneous city taxes on a regular basis according to his household registration and household rank; and in the performance evaluation rankings of more than 20 city squares, he barely maintained a place near the bottom.
The famous location at the end of the crane. Officials from Henan Prefecture and Luoyang County can also enter it to investigate several cases as evidence of the existence of Wang Fa.
Only in private, the Tibetan gangs and gangs occupying several streets and districts as units; in the gray daily life full of order and chaos, maintain a certain dynamic update batch. Of course, once
After the official decision was made, these voices that claimed to be the most decisive voice in the fanfang suddenly became silent.
However, compared to the blockade of Xiqufanfang, the market and streets were in a state of depression and silence. If someone accidentally peeked down, they would find that at the bottom of the layers of Fanfang, the old rivers and canals
Among them, there was a movement of running and advancing like fire; it was groups of armored soldiers, wading forward at the edge.
In the middle of the most spacious underground river channel, there is a series of rowing boats. Each boat has a bright wind lantern placed at the stern, like a long dragon exploring into a dark cave, illuminating the darkness.
The river alley, as well as the dark and mottled roof beams overhead, and the forest of wooden piles and long columns covered with moss and crawling with snails and other growths;
As for the clandestine censorship department, the main target this time is located deep in the underground river alley of Xiqufanfang; the person known as the "Horse King" and "Ma Supervisor" and the lair where he occupies.
He was also the only person who surfaced in the series of attacks on the Censorship Department secretly. He was responsible for picking up the boat on the bank of the valley water. He was one of his subordinates.
Although, what could be obtained from the mouths of the last two accomplices who were almost scared crazy on the boat was very limited. I only knew that it was from this person's instruction and arrangement that they specially stole a boat and came to the valley.
Wait and respond, take away an important person who is being hunted, and after obtaining the key items, kill the opponent to silence them.
However, this result is enough to form the secret censorship department, which is determined to use all its power to uproot the beast-causing accomplices lurking in the capital. It is not just content to send people to get rid of such comrades.
One is probably the result of being put on the table as an agent, or as a scapegoat.
Therefore, on one of the river boats, Xin Pingping was also reading to Jiang Tian all the news and records about this legendary figure in the underground world in the lower square of Luodu City. In fact, the legend about this "Ma Supervisor"
There are many, and there are different opinions. In other words, he is another kind of opposite of the "Yinhou" who just fell in the city.
However, Le Xingda, the "Yinhou" who is relatively active among the various gates in the city; this man is quite influential in many city xiafangs, has access to many low-life people and black channels, and claims to be "dare to take on any business"
"Ma Supervisor" has remained quite mysterious; few people have seen his true appearance, and have only dealt with his subordinates of different identities.
Therefore, some people in the rumors claim that he is the founder of the Ma family, the number one prince in Xinzhou/Beiju Luzhou, and the remnant branch of the Ma family whose Duke Boyong stayed in China to guard the ancestral temple. Some people also say that he is actually the Ma family.
After the general clan, he was a member of the clan of the former Taiwei, Gong Ma Sui of Beiping County, but was expelled from the family by his eldest son. But after all, he was a shady existence.
Therefore, this gentleman has been hiding in the underground world in the lower square of Luodu City all year round; using various informants and powerful contacts in the three religions and nine streams, he has weaved a sensitive network for himself that can be moved by rumors. Time after time, in Henan Mansion or
During the inspection and arrest by the relevant yamen, he paid a certain price and escaped unscathed. Yes, even Luoyang County is no longer qualified to target him.
However, this time he finally made a mistake and was forced to expose more things. For example, this secret lair and the most important shelter hidden deep underground in Fanfang. Thinking of this, Xin Pingping was surprised.
He couldn't help but stop and face Jiang Tian, who was looking at the surroundings, and took the initiative to ask: "Sir, is there something I still don't understand?"
"If you have any questions, I'll tell you as soon as the ride hasn't started yet." Jiang Tian then looked away and secretly sighed in his heart about how he was so destined to be connected to these sewers! He actually had to drill through them again.
"I dare to ask, sir, with such a big fanfare, the whole city will hear about it. Aren't you afraid that the secret will be leaked in advance, which will lead to another failure?" Xin Pingping said hesitantly:
"..." Jiang Tian smiled, but did not answer him directly. Instead, he looked at the other man beside him, Cheng Shilian, who had a cold and thoughtful face and said: "Shilian, what are you doing?"
Thought?"
"My subordinates feel that..." Due to the changes during this period, Cheng Shilian, who had become a bit gloomy and cruel, thought for a moment before saying: "Is this a deliberate attempt by the headquarters to alert the snake? As the saying goes.
It was Xiang Zhuang who danced the sword with the intention of Pei Gong. What the headquarters wanted was not the life or death of Ma's traitor, but to express an attitude so that all the people in the city who had connections with him would completely give up on him and break away from him and cut off their ties.
basic attitude.”
"Yes, this is also the reason why the search and pursuit of him by the government has always been fruitless." Jiang Tian couldn't help but nodded and said: "So, there is also a key point in this action, which is whether we can obtain him and the beast."
, there is evidence of a direct relationship; as long as the relationship that crucifies him is established, it doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive."
At this time, several small boats that were clearing the way in front suddenly made a "boom" sound one after another; then, someone came over and reported: "Reporting to the Deputy Supervisor, there is an obstacle in the water ahead, and it is being cleared." However, someone else came immediately.
A wet iron chain was pulled out from the wooden pile pulled out underwater.