Chasing the gods in Zongwudang

Beijing.

The towering city wall is three feet high, and many of the gray-brown wall bricks have traces of smoke, knives and guns. Just seeing these, one can imagine how many wars have been fought here, and how many people perish on this wall.

At the city gate, a group of people entering the city lined up to enter the city on the far right, and those leaving the city lined up on the left side. As for the middle position, it was empty, and no one left.

Perhaps seeing Lu Cheng's doubts, Zhan Hongling said: "The doors on both sides are for ordinary people to travel. These people come in and out a lot every day, and the guards have to check everyone's directions to confirm their identity, so the speed here must be higher." Slow down, and there is no big oil or water."

"As for the center, it is used by government personnel and wealthy merchants who need to enter and leave the city. Government personnel only charge standard prices for passage, while wealthy merchants charge more than ten taels of silver."

Most of the merchants who can come to the capital are of high net worth, and the money paid by these people is naturally divided by the guards at the city gate.

Lu Cheng was not surprised by this.

"This city wall is a bit short!" Lu Cheng asked curiously.

"This height should not be able to stop those masters who are proficient in lightness kung fu!"

Zhan Hongling nodded, and said: "That's right, with my level of martial arts, this city wall can't stop me. But such a person, even if the city wall is twice as high, it won't be of much use. You have to understand , This city wall is mainly to guard against the enemy's army, and it mainly faces ordinary people, this height is enough. When the city wall reaches this height, every time it increases, it will cost several times more manpower and material resources."

With such an explanation, Lu Cheng understood.

"The name and place of origin of the visitor!"

Seeing that Zhan Hongling was about to walk through the city gate in the middle, the guard immediately spoke.

"Six doors, Zhan Hongling!"

"These two are my subordinates, this is my guide!"

Zhan Hongling passed the things over, and the guard checked and confirmed that the information was correct, and returned the token.

"Master Zhan, please!"

The group entered the capital smoothly, without the slap in the face as Lu Cheng imagined.

It's right to think about it, people who can work under the feet of an emperor like the capital, unless they deliberately target them, there will be no fools.

The six gates are ordered by the emperor to govern the rivers and lakes. These guards have no conflict of authority with them, and they will never do such thankless things.

Even if someone targeted the six doors, they would still issue remonstrance from the court or the emperor from the overall situation, and follow the normal route.It must be a bad brain to bribe the guards of the city gate to make a big show of power like this.

The position of the commander of the guards in the capital is the same as that of the county magistrate in ordinary areas, but the status is very different.You must know that the guard of the city gate is small and has great responsibilities. He is responsible for the safety of the capital. Only people trusted by the emperor can sit in this position.This kind of person belongs to "Jane is in the heart of the emperor". In this position, once he is suspected of colluding with court officials or other people, the emperor will be furious and punished severely.

In fact, no one who sits in this position is a fool.

Now is the era when imperial power is supreme, and the guards of the city gates belong to the emperor's close ministers. Once there are vacancies for generals in other places, these people must fill in first. Not impossible.Abandoning one's own future for the benefit of the moment, this is a disease of the brain to do such a thing.

……

"Freshly baked sesame seed cakes, there are fragrant sesame seed cakes!"

"Buns, buns, thin skin and lots of stuffing, take a bite of the stuffed buns."

"Candied haws, candied haws."

The hawkers around were shouting non-stop, but these people were just standing on both sides of the road and had no intention of coming to the middle.

"Brother, bring me three candied haws!"

Lu Cheng stopped and took out a few copper coins from his pocket. (This money was given to him by Lu Xiaofeng when he left Li Yuan.)

"Thank you, sir, this is your candied haws!" With the business, the peddler smiled happily.

Lu Cheng took the candied haws, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Zhan Hongling's serious expression.That's like saying, how old are you going to eat something that a child would eat.

"Here, one for each person."

"Let's be on our way for the past few days, and I see that you two have a loss of appetite. Eating this candied haws will help to whet your appetite."

Zhan Hongling's face changed instantly, and she smiled happily and said, "Even if you have a conscience, it's not in vain for me to bring you out of the bump. If you fancy a girl from another family in the future, my sister will help you make peace!"

After finishing speaking, Zhan Hongling took a candied haws from Lu Cheng's hand, and walked forward on her own, regardless of Murong Xian next to her.

"Little fairy, it's yours!" Lu Cheng called out to Murong Xian, and casually handed over the candied haws.

For this title, Murong Xian was originally unwilling.But she couldn't help Lu Cheng's shamelessness, and she got used to it later.

"Thank you!"

After thanking him, Murong Xian took the candied haws and lightly took a bite.

So sweet!

Lu Cheng didn't think too much, he was eating candied haws while observing the surrounding situation.

The prosperity of the capital exceeded his imagination, and the management and sanitation level of the capital also exceeded his expectations.From time to time, some policemen in black were patrolling the crowd. According to Lu Cheng's observation, these people were not only watching for thieves or behaviors that endangered public order, but also watching for people throwing things around.

And on both sides of this street, there will be a trash can every few tens of meters, which is convenient for people to litter.

"Sister Hongling, why don't these policemen know you?" After passing by several policemen in a row, these people seemed to turn a blind eye to Zhan Hongling, as if they didn't know you at all.

"Of course I don't know him."

Zhan Hongling was a little surprised by Lu Cheng's question, but she thought that he was brought out from Iron Blood Valley by herself and didn't understand what was going on, so she opened her mouth to explain.

"The Six Doors nominally command the arresters of the world, but the people that the Six Doors can really govern are the Headquarters of the Six Doors in the capital, and the branches of the Six Doors directly under the various prefectures. The black-clothed arresters like this belong to the Shuntian Prefecture in the capital. Yin is directly under the jurisdiction, and the arresters of the prefectures and counties are under the direct jurisdiction of the prefectures and counties respectively."

"Of course, the evaluation and promotion of the headhunters and fast catchers in each region is still carried out by the Six Doors."

Power checks and balances!

Hearing Zhan Hongling's introduction, Lu Cheng thought of these words.

How many state capitals and counties are there in this world, even if each county is equipped with one head catcher and three fast catchers, the total number of people in the whole country is tens of thousands.

If these people are directly under the control of the six gates, then he is more dangerous than the generals guarding the border.

You must know that the Six Gates are in charge of the security of the Jianghu, and the most ordinary arresters have to practice boxing kung fu for several years.

Such tens of thousands of people are under the leadership of Shenshen. If they only know Shenshen but not the emperor, it will be a very dangerous thing for imperial rule.With this in mind, the emperor used the trick of checking and balancing power.

The staff of the six doors in each prefecture and county are under the jurisdiction of the local magistrate and county magistrate to prevent these people from being overwhelmed and disobedient.At the same time, in order to prevent the magistrate and prefect from controlling the local head arresters, the promotion and transfer rights of the arresters and head arresters are here at Six Doors.

"These six doors are really troublesome!"

Lu Cheng muttered something in a low voice, and then followed Zhan Hongling's pace.

"Trouble is also due. If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. The six gates are responsible for governing the world and maintaining the stability of the world. If you don't trouble, you won't need us."

During the conversation, the three of Lu Cheng arrived at the headquarters of Liufanmen in the capital.

It's just that the location of this headquarters is not on the main road of the capital, and it is a little more remote than Lu Cheng imagined.

"Master Zhan!"

Seeing Zhan Hongling's arrival, the guard guarding the gate immediately came over eagerly.

"Take the horse to the stable, I'm going to report to Master Catcher!"

After giving an order, Zhan Hongling waved to Lu Cheng and Murong Xian, and went directly into the six doors that are famous all over the world.

"Master Zhan!"

Before Lu Cheng could carefully observe the layout of the six doors, he heard a relatively familiar female voice.

"Yaohua, why are you here?" Zhan Hongling asked casually, but did not stop.

It wasn't just her, Lu Cheng looked around and found that they were all walking briskly, and no one stopped on the road.

"Of course I figured that sister Hongling should come back, so I came here and waited!" Ji Yaohua replied with a smile.

Zhan Hongling didn't believe her words at all, "I don't believe that, if you have this ability, you shouldn't be in the Six Doors, you should go to the Qintian Prison."

"Okay!" Ji Yaohua didn't panic when the lie was exposed, "I don't come out every day to wait, who made you my boss! Without your support, I would be here at the six doors. She's just a poor little guy who gets bullied at will!"

"Yaohua, I know your strength. If you really perform well, you are not much worse than me, so don't belittle yourself."

Ji Yaohua complained in a low voice, "Sister Hong Ling, you are wrong. If you are not here, except for Lord Catcher, who is easy to talk to, the other God Catchers in our six doors are all people with upturned noses, so I can't talk go."

"They don't like you, so don't talk to them. Could it be that we can't handle the case without them!" After the words fell, Zhan Hongling stopped in her tracks.

Total arrest hall!

"You guys are waiting for me outside, I'll report on my work!"

Watching Zhan Hongling go in, Ji Yaohua took two steps towards Murongxian.

"Sister Xian'er, sister Hongling asked you to go to Shanxi, why?"

Shanxi, Liyuan, weddings...

The memories that were originally suppressed by Murong Xian in the bottom of his heart now emerged one after another.

She thought she would forget about that wedding and never think about it again.But now, she realized that she was wrong. Things like weddings are really too important for a girl.

Even if this wedding was fake, it still haunts her deeply and haunts her dreams.

"Xian'er, what are you thinking? So engrossed?"

Looking at Murongxian who was in a trance, because he had a question and didn't know where he was going, Ji Yaohua's eyes were full of curiosity.

"Beauty Yaohua, long time no see, I miss you so much!" Lu Cheng smiled and interrupted Ji Yaohua's entanglement with Murongxian.

"You miss me?" Ji Yaohua looked Lu Cheng up and down, curled her lips, "Stop making trouble, with your little fairy by your side, if you can think of me once, I, Ji Yaohua, will go back with you today."

Cough!

I can't agree to this.

Murong Xian glanced at Lu Cheng, and then stood there indifferently, like a peony in a hundred gardens, neither contending nor coquettish, standing there quietly, but with a stunning beauty proud of the world.

……

"Life is full of joy, don't let the golden bottle face the moon!"

"Good poetry, good poetry!"

In Li Yuan's backyard, Lu Xiaofeng was lying on the grass without any image, with a jar of wine beside him.After he finished speaking, he slapped the wine jar with his right hand, and then a stream of wine floated up from the jar, slid through an arc and landed firmly in Lu Xiaofeng's mouth.

"Brother Lu, if I knew you were so happy, I wouldn't rush back from Baoding!"

Li Xunhuan looked at the contented Lu Xiaofeng, held Lin Shiyin's hand with his left hand, and looked at him playfully.

"Xunhuan, you are finally willing to come back!"

Hearing Li Xun Huan's voice, Lu Xiaofeng jumped up excitedly, then rushed to Li Xun Huan and gave him a big hug.

"Cough cough!"

Coughing twice, Li Xunhuan unceremoniously pushed Lu Xiaofeng away.

"Brother Lu, I also have a family. If you take advantage of me like this, Shiyin will be upset."

"No, I won't be angry if Big Brother Lu hugs Cousin." Lin Shiyin next to him said unceremoniously.

Li Xunhuan looked at Lin Shiyin beside him, and seeing her happy smile, his heart was filled with happiness.

"Oh, if you say that, I won't hug you anymore!"

Lu Xiaofeng pushed Li Xunhuan away in disgust, and then slowly cleaned the weeds on his body.

"Xun Huan, since you're back, I should say goodbye. Staying at your house for the past few days almost suffocated me. I, Lu Xiaofeng, are destined to be a prodigal son who roams the rivers and lakes. You, Li Yuan, enjoy too much happiness. I suffer No."

Li Xun Huan said: "Since this is the case, then don't worry, I will go to the capital after I deal with Shanxi matters."

Lu Xiaofeng was full of curiosity: "What are you going to do in the capital?"

Li Xunhuan said: "Shiyin and I got married in our hometown in Baoding, and my uncle advised me to take the official route and stay away from the rivers and lakes. I thought about it for a long time, and then I agreed. The rivers and lakes are too dangerous, and now I am not alone. Shiyin and my child have a stable life."

"That's it, then I congratulate you!"

Everyone has their own ambitions, since Li Xunhuan didn't want to set foot in the rivers and lakes, Lu Xiaofeng certainly wouldn't force it.

Now Li Xunhuan is not too involved in Jianghu grievances except for his high martial arts skills. If he wants to go to the officialdom to avoid Jianghu grievances, it will not have much impact.

"But Xun Huan, do you want to guard the side, or..."

Li Xun Huan said: "My fame is still there. I was recommended by my uncle to go to the Hanlin Academy to compile classics. I don't have much official position or power, and I belong to a Qingshui yamen!"

Imperial Academy!

Lu Xiaofeng is not an ordinary Jiang Hu person, he still has some understanding of the officialdom.

It is true that the Imperial Academy has little official position and little power. It is the Qingshui yamen.But this does not mean that the Imperial Academy is not good, on the contrary, the Imperial Academy is known as the foundation of the cabinet in the court.

There are even rumors that if you don't enter the Imperial Academy, you won't enter the cabinet.

For a person like Li Xunhuan who doesn't like intrigue, a noble yamen like the Imperial Academy is very suitable for him.As long as he is willing, he can even stay in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime.

"Then congratulations, I can only go to the capital to drink with you in the future!"

Li Xun Huan said with a smile: "You are a mere white man, be careful that you can't even enter the gate of my Li Garden."

"Then I'll jump the wall, anyway, my qinggong is amazing!"