Qing'an Mansion is the second largest city in Jingguo after Kyoto, and it has become increasingly prosperous in recent years.
Of course, the name of the second largest city may not be worthy of the name. Today's Qing'an Mansion is inferior to Shuzhou City in terms of population and economy, but its status in the hearts of Jingguo people is still not low.
The small Anxi county government office is regarded as a blessed place by many officials.
There used to be a catcher here who became the minister of the Ministry of punishment.
There used to be a county magistrate here who was promoted to Yin of Jingzhao.
One of the headhunters here was a co-princess.
A county lieutenant here was named a one-word king.
The local official positions in Qing'an Mansion have been tacitly regarded by the court as a kind of springboard, but all officials who have gained enough qualifications here will eventually rise to the top and be transferred to the capital.
Today is the day of great joy for Anxi County Magistrate Jiang Zian.
Of course, this joy is not the joy of a big wedding, but the joy of promotion.
Anxi county magistrate Jiang Zi'an, because of his outstanding performance in the past few years, was appointed as the magistrate of the capital a day ago, and will be transferred to the capital soon.
"Congratulations, Lord Jiang!"
"Congratulations, Mr. Xijiang, for his promotion!"
"Your Excellency, if you go here, you will be alone in the sky. One day, I will also look forward to Master Jiang's support..."
"Ashamed, ashamed, colleagues, please sit down quickly..."
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In a restaurant in Anxi County, Jiang Zi'an was feasting the guests with a smile on his face.
At the entrance of the restaurant, a man with a burden on his back looked at the young man beside him and asked, "Master, do you want to go in and say hello?"
Li Yi smiled, shook his head and said, "No, let's go."
Today is Jiang Zian's big day, if he goes in to say hello, what he receives is not a surprise, but a shock.
In the restaurant, Jiang Zian was socializing with several officials. He glanced inadvertently, and when he glanced at the door of the restaurant, he was startled suddenly, then put down his wine glass and ran over quickly.
He ran out of the restaurant and stood on the street, looking around blankly, but he could only see the bustling crowd.
Someone hurried out of the restaurant and asked with concern, "Master Jiang, what's the matter?"
Jiang Zian stopped on the street for a long time before shaking his head and said, "It's okay, let's go in..."
When he walked into the restaurant, there was still a bewildered look on his face.
He really saw the figure of His Royal Highness King Jing just now, but when he chased him out, there was nothing...
"It should be an illusion..." He smiled, turned his head and said to the crowd: "My colleagues, Jiang Mou is here to do it first to respect!"
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Ruyifang.
Ruyifang is the most famous perfume shop in Qing'an Prefecture. The perfume produced in it has a long-lasting fragrance and pleasant taste, and is very popular among women.
Lao Fang stood at the entrance of Ruyifang, looked at Li Yi, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, the second lady was right. Ruyifang is much better than the Liushenfang you named it. If you insisted on calling it Liushenfang, Business is definitely not as good now.”
Li Yi didn't know if the store's business would have been so good if he had insisted on calling it Liushenfang at the beginning, but he certainly wasn't so good. After all, he couldn't afford to offend Ruyi at that time.
Of course, he still can't afford to offend Ruyi now.
Li Yi walked into Ruyifang, and immediately a girl came forward and asked with a smile: "My lord, what do you want to see?"
"just looking around."
Li Yi smiled and walked towards the back house.
There is a small yard behind the shop. For a long time, Li Yi lay under the pear tree in the yard, and there was often a head lying there on the wall, listening to him tell ghost stories. At that time, Xiaozhu, There is no such bartending technique as it is now, and a story of painted skin can scare her off the wall...
At that time, Ruoqing and Zui Mo lived next to each other by a wall...
That was probably a rare and shameless time in his life.
When Li Yi was thinking about this, the girl's voice gradually became clear in his ears: "My lord, my lord, you can't come in here..."
Seeing the young man walking straight into the back house, the young girl was blocked by the big man again, so she hurried back and said anxiously: "Shopkeeper, come out quickly..."
Soon, an old man hurried over, his face slightly angry: "You..."
He only said two words, then stood there, trembling, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "See His Royal Highness King Jing..."
The girl was startled, her face turned pale, her knees softened, and she was about to kneel down when Li Yi supported her in time.
He also helped the old man up, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite."
The girl looked at him and said tremblingly, "Jing, His Royal Highness King Jing..."
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a tiger." Li Yi looked at her, smiled, and said, "You did a good job..."
He turned his head to look at the old man, and said with a smile, "Give this girl ten times the regular money this month."
"Yes..." The old man replied in a daze, and Li Yi and Lao Fang had already walked out.
When the two came back to their senses, they ran over in a hurry, but the figure just now had disappeared.
The girl showed reverence on her face, and asked: "The shopkeeper, is that His Royal Highness King Jing, so young..."
The old man had a look of reminiscence on his face, and said: "Although I have only met His Highness once, I will never forget it in my life..."
The girl thought for a while, and tentatively said: "Then what His Highness said just now, ten times the amount..."
The old man knocked on her head once, and said: "Your Highness has already said, so of course you are indispensable..."
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Outside the city of Qing'an Prefecture, Li Family Village.
Li Yi stopped in front of a lonely grave for a long time, and cleaned up the few weeds on the grave.
This is the grave of his father who has never met. Jingguo has a custom of not moving graves easily. Over the years, he has not repaired it with any fanfare. He just told the old village official not to let people approach this place.
Old Fang stood in front of a dilapidated house and said, "Young master, you used to live here, it's not much better than the place we live..."
Li Yi didn't have much emotion for this house in Lijia Village.
But this is the starting point of his life, and the significance is naturally extraordinary. I passed by this time, so I just stopped by to take a look.
"You two, what are you doing!"
A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.
Li Yi turned his head and saw an old man with white hair and beard and stooped body walking slowly towards this side.
A smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Old Muramasa, long time no see..."
"What are you talking about?" The old man squinted his eyes, looked closely at him, and said loudly, "Speak up, I can't hear you!"
Old Village Zheng obviously didn't recognize him, and he didn't hear what he said clearly. Li Yi moved closer and said loudly: "Old Village Zheng, don't you know me?"
"What, are you here to steal something?"
Lao Cunzheng knocked his crutches on the ground and said angrily, "How dare you tell me about stealing..."
He turned around and shouted into the distance: "Da Zhuang Er Zhuang, you two come here quickly, arrest these two thieves and send them to the government!"
Li Yi raised his head and saw two burly men trotting towards this side.
He was taken aback, then a smile appeared on his face.
He patted Lao Fang on the shoulder and asked, "Don't run away, wait to be caught!"
Seeing Li Yi who had already gone away, Lao Fang froze in place, touched his head inexplicably, and followed him and ran forward.
The old man stood there blankly, and murmured: "These two little thieves are running really fast..."
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Li Yi ran very fast and also ran a long distance. He relied entirely on his body's strength until he couldn't run anymore, then he bent down and panted heavily.
Lao Fang almost didn't keep up with him, slightly out of breath, and asked, "Uncle, Uncle, why are you running so fast..."
rumbling...
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground under his feet suddenly shook.
A cloud of smoke billowed from the far end of the field of vision and stopped a few steps in front of them.
At the very front, on top of a tall horse, a woman dressed in white was looking down at them.
She looked around, looked at Li Yi, waved her hand, and said lightly: "Tie!"