Qi State used to be the most powerful country on this land.
But that was just once.
Since a few years ago, Jing Kingdom rose rapidly at an unstoppable speed and left the surrounding countries far behind. once.
Of course, that was only compared with the dazzling Jingguo.
In fact, apart from being unable to catch up with Jing Guo, Qi State is still strong, compared to Wu Guo, Zhao Guo and the like, who knows how much stronger, but even this has changed not long ago.
The development of the whole thing can be described as nine twists and eighteen bends.
The emperor died suddenly, and the prince happened to be away from the capital. The third prince took the opportunity to launch a coup and seize the capital.
Then the prince came back from desperation. In a very short period of time, he controlled all the troops in the capital area, and he was close to the capital. Up to now, he has been in a stalemate with the third prince for more than a month.
In order to break through the capital as soon as possible, the prince used almost all the resources and strength available in the capital area, regardless of the consequences. In order to make up for the salary, countless rich and wealthy people had their homes ransacked, and it was unknown how many people were temporarily transferred. I don’t know how many refugees there are. In order to prevent the loss of population, several prefectures in Gyeonggi even directly sealed the gates of the city, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving...
Although this policy has been loosened now, strict checks are still required when entering and leaving the city.
"Hey, you guys, stop!"
When the guards guarding the city saw someone coming in, they immediately said something loudly and walked over quickly.
In recent days, most of the people who enter and leave the city are refugees, and it is rare to see such well-dressed people, so it is natural to investigate more carefully.
There are six people in this group, three of them are gray-haired old men, and the other three are a strong man, a young man, and a young man. Such a combination is quite strange.
The guard stepped forward to take a look, waved his hand quickly, and said, "Let's go..."
Although these people didn't look like refugees, they didn't carry weapons or anything else, and they weren't the important people that the First Prince asked them to investigate, so there was nothing to search.
As long as the third prince's spies are not let go, they will not receive much punishment.
Li Yi and others walked into the city gate, intending to find a place to settle down first.
This is Shengzhou City, where they were when he received Lin Wanru's last letter.
The state city of Shengzhou is not big, far from being able to compare with those big cities in later generations, it is probably bigger than the county towns of later generations, but even so, with a few of them, it is not easy to find them in this city.
After all, this is not Kyoto, nor Shuzhou, nor Ruyi City...
This is an area occupied by the Qi State. They don't have any influence here. Finding a few people is not an easy task.
Xu Zheng walked around the street, and when he came back, he said: "I found several strongholds of the Holy Cult, but they are already very close to the capital, so it is difficult to contact them, in case there are any changes."
Li Yi nodded and said, "Don't act rashly for now."
This trip, besides Lao Chang and Xu Tian's elders, Lao Fang and Xu Zheng also followed.
Lao Fang is purely idle and has nothing to do, Xu Zheng has important things to do, and finding Wanru and the others is the most important thing. By the way, if possible, he would like to have another holy religion...
Of course, they can't act rashly now. This place is already close to the headquarters of the Holy Church, and it is in someone else's territory. If the nun finds out, even if they have three masters, things will still be a little troublesome.
After all, the Grandmaster couldn't stand the crowd. If the city was really besieged by tens of thousands of troops led by them, the Grandmaster would be helpless, although the possibility of this was very small.
In Shengzhou, several of the Qian family's shops have been closed, and even put a seal on them. Qian Caishen is Zhao Yi's number one henchman. If Zhao Zheng seizes the opportunity, he will naturally not let the Qian family go.
The Lin family's business has not had time to expand to Shengzhou, but judging from the fate of the Qian family, even if the Lin family has a store in Shengzhou, it may be difficult to find them.
Almost all the clues are broken like this.
Li Yi also thought about posting notices or something, but this is Shengzhou, and the Lin family has long been labeled as King Feng, so it was a bit too ostentatious, so he ruled it out immediately.
"If you can't find her, let her come out to find you. Do you need to be so embarrassing?" Lao Chang's voice is always so gloomy.
Lao Fang was surprised: "We don't even know where Miss Lin is, how can we let her come out?"
Chang De looked at him and said, "If you strip your clothes and hang them on the city wall, everyone in Shengzhou City will know about it. If Miss Lin sees it, she will know we are here."
The old man silently moved away a little, the old man can't beat him, he can't say it, it's better to stay away.
I remember my uncle said before that people who are physically handicapped are often also handicapped psychologically. Looking at it today, it is indeed true.
He turned to look at Li Yi, and said, "Uncle, I think it's better for us to have a long-term plan."
"Late makes changes. Of course, the sooner the better." Li Yi shook his head and said, "I think what Manager Chang said makes sense."
Lao Fang looked at him, then moved to the side.
What Lao Chang said made sense, of course it didn't mean that Lao Fang was stripped naked and hung on the city wall.
Using conventional methods to find them is the most time-consuming and laborious, and the efficiency is also the worst.
Only by breaking the rules can we receive miraculous results.
In this Shengzhou, the one with the greatest power and influence is naturally the Governor of Shengzhou.
Once the governor of Shengzhou is won, the rest of the work will be easy to carry out.
Lao Fang stood on the street, stopped a passerby in a hurry, and asked, "May I ask how to get to the Governor's Mansion?"
The man looked at him and asked, "Are you also going to attend the wedding banquet of Prince Inspector?"
"Wedding banquet?" Lao Fang was startled, and asked, "What wedding banquet?"
…
After a while, Lao Fang came back again and said, "My lord, what kind of wedding banquet is going to be held at the governor's mansion tonight? It is said that it is the son of the governor's family in Shengzhou. What concubine is he going to marry? Shall we join in the fun?"
Li Yi thought about it, they went to Shengzhou Governor's Mansion today, but they were going to smash the scene. Isn't it a bit too much to pick the auspicious day of his son's wedding to smash the scene
"This governor is really not a thing. When is this? He is still using the excuse of marrying a concubine to search for people's fat and people's anointing. The people outside are very resentful..." Lao Fang said with a look of resentment: "It is said that the victor The prince of the governor of the state has already married seven concubines... "
Li Yi suddenly felt that it was not too much, thought for a while, and said, "Just tonight."
…
Today is a good and auspicious day, the young master of Spurs will marry his eighth concubine today.
Of course, it is an auspicious day for Mafu, but not for the people of Shengzhou.
Every time the prince of the governor marries a concubine, they have to be taxed once for this reason. In the past, it was fine. In the good years, such a tax once a year can be tolerated. The Spurs exploited once, but their hands were a little tight.
However, in today's Shengzhou, the words of the Spurs history are the imperial decree. Those who are obedient still have a way to live, and those who are disobedient have only a way to die.
The common people complained about this secretly, but on the surface, they dared not speak out.
city gate.
Several soldiers guarding the city leaned against the city wall, one of them looked at the sky, and said: "Tonight, the governor's mansion will have a big banquet. If we close the city gate earlier, maybe we can get a bowl of wine..."
"To the pole, to the pole..."
"Banquets in the Governor's Mansion are not common..."
"Although we can't go to the table, it's still okay to stand outside and have a sip of wine..."
"It's better to close the city gate earlier!"
…
His words were unanimously approved by several people around him.
Although the etiquette is not too complicated for the governor to marry a concubine, the banquet is not shabby at all, even if they pass by the gate of the governor's mansion and say a few auspicious words, they can get some wine drink.
Several people discussed and planned to close the city gate early. However, when the city gate was closed halfway, they suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes in front of them. They looked up and saw a tall horse rushing towards them. They were so frightened that they lost their souls. Gaining courage, he hurriedly escaped.
The steed passed by them and disappeared into the city. The few people came back to their senses and cursed: "Who doesn't have eyes..."
The man had long since disappeared, and the few cursed and closed the city gate again.
At this time, in Shengzhou City, a woman in white stopped a passerby and asked, "How do I get to the Governor's Mansion?"