Outside the city, there is Hanshan Temple, which has been famous for a long time and was very prosperous for a while, but now it is in decline like Shaolin.
In the center of the inner city, there is the Zixuan Palace Complex, which serves as the office space for the heads of the three divisions of a state and symbolizes the majesty of the imperial authority.
There are four seasons towers in the northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest of the palace complex, which can be used as a lighthouse and an observation tower.
In the outer city market, there are "double cranes" standing among the chickens.
Among them, Songhe Tower, which is ten feet high and has seven floors in total, is the tallest building.
The Wanhe Tower, which is eight feet tall and has five floors, is second.
Of course, no matter how tall the buildings in the outer city are, they must all be lower than the tallest buildings in the inner city.
Although there have been many opinions about the people valuing the king over the past, at least in terms of architecture, the official family has always been more glorious and elegant, and it has never been inferior in height. Overtly and covertly, it has defined the imperial power's transcendence of everything.
status.
Before Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei parted ways, the other party once mentioned something about his brother.
Speaking of fir trees, they will go south to Suzhou in early June every year and stay at Songhe Tower for more than ten days.
However, it is already mid-July, and since the fir tree has not yet returned to Beijing, it remains to be confirmed whether it will stay at Songhe Tower.
Fortunately, after Jiang Yichen woke up energetically, Shen Xinling gave him a positive answer.
Under the blue sky and white sun, Jiang Yichen did some tricks on his face, changed into a matching white suit, and pretended to be a young man from a distinguished family but traveling in a low profile and joined the crowd of people on the street.
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If you climb to the top of Zixuan Hall or Four Seasons Tower, you can overlook everything in Suzhou.
Then when you go to the top of Songhe Tower, you can enjoy most of the grand scenery of Suzhou.
It's just that the Zixuan Palace and the Four Seasons Tower are important places for officials, and no one can come and go at will.
As for Songhe Tower, as long as you have enough money and dress up decently, you can experience the feeling of "seeing all the mountains at a glance" at any time.
After all, Songhe Tower is still a yellow and white thing that opens the way.
But every expense spent at Songhe Tower will make you feel that it is worth it.
Different from Songhe Tower, which integrates restaurants, inns, viewing and other services, Wanhe Tower, which is slightly lower in height but larger in scale, is a pure restaurant.
The price is affordable and close to the people, and it is a place where people of all sizes can gather together.
When Jiang Yichen first arrived in Gusu City, he went to Wanhe Tower to taste local food.
It's not that Jiang Yichen doesn't want to go to Songhe Tower, it's just that Songhe Tower is famous for its exquisite food, and he, a young man with no money, can't afford it.
This time, Jiang Yichen was still not a wealthy young man, so he naturally didn't want to spend a penny from outside.
This outfit and the silver coins Shen Xinling gave him to fill his wallet were all superficial, just in case.
It's not that Jiang Yichen is stingy, but that he feels there is no need to waste the money.
To put it bluntly, he didn't come to Songhe Tower to spend money and enjoy food, he just came to see someone.
And still looking for it secretly.
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The main building of Songhe Tower is a tower-style building.
There are corridors on the first floor and above.
You can enjoy the scenery through the window while dining, or you can move to the corridor to enjoy the bustling scene of Suzhou.
Although the seventh floor is called "Longevity Hall", it means "like a pine evergreen, like a crane extending longevity".
But it was nicknamed "The Hall of Thousand Golds".
This means that if you want to stay on the seventh floor, the daily base cost is one thousand taels of silver.
It also means that those who can afford these taels of silver to come here are all wealthy and wealthy.
Even so, the top floor of Songhe Tower has no shortage of customers at least 350 days a year.
In recent days, many wealthy people who want to spend a lot of money at Changshou Hall can't get it.
They even spent extra money to queue up to book a share for more than ten days, which shows how popular the business is.
Rumors have circulated that Changshou Hall has been surrounded by a mysterious figure for the past half month.
Of course, ordinary people have no idea who this mysterious person is and can only use their imagination to make various guesses.
To let them know that the person living there is an official, they should not complain about the official's injustice after dinner.
Even if this official was someone's biological brother, Jiang Yichen couldn't help but secretly slander him.
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It's the beginning of time.
Songhe Tower.
Longevity Hall.
Windows on all sides.
The sun shines in from the east.
A long wind passes through the hall from north to south.
A Qingshan Confucian scholar was sitting on the west side of the hall, drinking tea and playing chess.
What I was tasting was the Xinyang Autumn Maojian that others brought as a tribute yesterday.
What is being played is a chess game related to the overall situation of Zhongzhou.
Yes, even if there is only one person, Confucian Qingshan is particularly cautious every time he makes a move.
On the chessboard, black's chess is gaining momentum, and white's chess is gradually surrounding them.
White's next counterattack and breakthrough position selection are extremely important.
Fir twisted the white chess piece, and kept leaning forward from a sitting posture until it turned into a meditative posture with his elbows on his legs and his chin on the back of his hands.
While hesitating, his eyebrows suddenly raised.
He sat up straight again and spoke as if no one else was around.
"I thought that Han Wuyue was the only one in the world who could quietly walk within thirty steps of me."
"If you weren't Han Wuyue, you could only be that brat."
"What a terrifying life. Come in."
Of course Firson is not talking to himself.
Just when Feng Shan was tapping the coffee table with the white pieces in his hand, there was already someone a foot away in front of him.
Feng Shan said gently to the young man in white who was unconscious before he appeared, but couldn't hide his cautious attitude after entering the room, "Sit down."
Jiang Yichen sat down as he was told. Not to mention what the old man and Luo Piaoling had told him, even the idea of how to say hello to Feng Shan when he came in was gone. There was only a blank in his mind.
How could Feng Shan fail to see Jiang Yichen's embarrassment and said with a smile: "Am I that scary?"
Jiang Yichen quickly shook his head. Although it had been a long time since he first met this person, that appearance was not deeply engraved in Jiang Yichen's heart, but it still lingered in his mind for a long time. It did have some similarities with the person in front of him.
Feng Shan asked again: "Or am I too powerful and domineering because of my full official power?"
Jiang Yichen still shook his head. Someone's brother was really very amiable, on par with the seemingly harmless Luo Piaoling.
Feng Shan frowned and said with a serious face: "Then it must be because of my high skill. Even if I don't accidentally use the ventilator, the pressure of my domineering power will still make you breathless and you dare not speak."
Jiang Yichen's head was as stiff as a rattle, but he still didn't say a word.
Feng Shan was surprised that this guy didn't hear his teasing words, so he laughed angrily and slapped the chess piece on the table.
"Then, you should introduce yourself and your purpose of coming!"
Jiang Yichen was slightly startled and woke up as if from a dream. He cupped his fists and hesitated: "I'm Daoyi, uh, Tingyuge, Jiang, Jiang Yichen."
"Here, I have something to ask Mr. Leng for help. I hope Mr. Leng can help me."
Feng Shan was a little surprised but not too surprised when he heard this.
Jiang Yichen, who finally regained consciousness, slowly came back to his senses.
While he quickly ran through the words Feng Shan said in his mind, he looked at the other person's expression calmly.
Jiang Yichen first felt that Governor Leng was indeed someone who lived deep in the palace.
Not to mention other abilities, being able to detect the movement of others approaching from thirty steps away means that his ability to avoid danger must be pretty good.
Secondly, he was sure that Leng Shilang had known about his arrival, but he was wrong in his judgment of his intention.
However, no matter how much the little fox pretends not to care, the experienced old fox has already seen through everything.
Just a few words uttered lightly, and the little fox's pretense of alertness was broken again.
"Mr. Leng? What a good sir, I thought you came here specially to see my uncle, why should you call me brother!?"