When the crowd arrived at Xinzheng Gate, the gate was already full of people.
The gatekeepers and soldiers strictly interrogated everyone's official directions, baggage, and goods.
After verifying your body and confirming that the goods you are carrying are free of contraband, you will be released for entry.
In comparison, the investigation of ships passing on the Xishuimen, next to Xinzheng Gate, was not so rigorous.
From outside the city to inside the city.
The two masters and servants of Kou Ji are like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden.
After they entered the city, the group of people who went on the road together bowed their hands to each other, and promised to get together in Fanlou and other places after being rich and wealthy.
Then they parted ways.
Either east or south, marching boldly along the avenue, and finally disappeared into the vast crowd.
Zhang Cheng sorted out the goods that had been overturned by the soldiers, and asked Kou Ji sideways, "Brother Kou Ji, where are you going?"
Kou Ji retracted his gaze from looking around, and said with a smile: "Go to Kou Mansion on Maxing Street!"
Zhang Cheng shook his head dumbly.
Raising his hand, ten coins were put into Kou Ji's hand.
Before Kou Ji could speak, he jumped and sat on the cowl of the ox cart, shook his whip, and left the place.
"The lady at home is strict, and my brother can't give you too much money. If you really want to get stuck in Bianjing, I went to Qinchuan cloth shop in Xiwazi City to find my brother. Remember, cheating is not a long-term solution..."
Zhang Cheng's voice was concealed by the calls of small merchants and vendors around him, and even his bullock cart was buried by the crowd.
Kou Ji looked at the place where Zhang Cheng was leaving, clenched the ten copper coins in his hand, and whispered to himself, "Xiwazi City, Qinchuan cloth line, I remember..."
The ten copper coins were quickly taken into his arms by Kou Ji, and then he glared threateningly at those around him who were full of covetous eyes.
When those people stared back, Kou Ji had already disappeared into the crowd with Er Bao.
The city of Bianjing is very large, with two million people living in it.
Maxing Street is very far, half an hour away from Xinzheng Gate.
Kou Ji pulled Erbao, asked about the way more than a dozen times along the way, walked six wrong lanes, and finally figured out the way to Maxing Street.
Along the way, Kou Ji also admired the scenery of Bianjing City.
Pedestrians on the street are one after another, and there are many shops on both sides.
Foot shops, wine shops, cloth shops, restaurants, brothels, teaching workshops, etc. are everywhere.
Small merchants and hawkers carry burdens and walk through the crowd, selling wontons and cooking cakes, as long as they say hello, they will carry the burden and stop by your side.
The hawker selling candied haws, wrapped in the front, with a bunch of candied haws in his hand, yelled constantly, shaking them in front of young children from time to time.
The shiny, red candied haws immediately attracted Erbao.
Er Bao stopped leaving, and stood in front of the hawker, staring at the candied haws, drooling.
The hawker yelled more vigorously when he saw the business coming. He licked the candied haws from time to time, making a rattling sound.
Er Bao wanted to pounce on him and snatch it from him.
Kou Ji yelled at him twice, but did not yell at him.
It seems that the servants of this kind of book boy, who are placed in other people's houses, will be beaten to death by sticks.
Kou Ji wants to lose his temper, he must be afraid when he loses his temper.
But in the end he held it back.
For the people of this era, Erbao is already a man who can start a family.
But he has lived in the country for a long time, and he doesn't go out much on weekdays, and he rarely interacts with other people, so he is innocent like a child.
Kou Ji treated him by the standards of future generations and treated him as a child.
"Smack~"
Kou Ji took out three copper coins from his arms and threw them to the pesky peddler.
Erbao got his wish and got a bunch of shiny, red candied haws.
While licking the candied haws, he looked at Kou Ji gratefully.
At this moment, he felt that his young master was the best person in the world.
Kou Ji glared at him and continued on his way.
After passing Zhengmen in the inner city, we rushed all the way to Zhouqiao.
Cars and horses on the bridge are like dragons, and the boats under the bridge shuttle constantly.
There are literati with big sleeves fluttering, standing on the bow carrying a hip flask, chanting poems and making poetry; there are wealthy merchants who are greedy for the milky white fish soup made by the boat lady, holding a bowl and sucking non-stop.
A big ship descended along the river.
When passing by the state bridge, the boss of the boat yelled loudly while pulling on the ropes that bound the sails.
The boatmen rolled up their sleeves, barefoot, desperately pulling the ropes on the sails.
The one-foot-high sails were lowered, and the guests on the boat bowed their heads to avoid.
The big ship leaped over the state bridge, and the sails were pulled up again amid the shouts of the boss of the ship.
The scene looked very spectacular.
Kou Ji inevitably stood on the edge of the state bridge and witnessed this spectacular scene.
Er Bao glanced at this, and then continued to pounce on the candied fruit.
The syrup on the candied haws has been licked clean.
The chubby hawthorn bit into his mouth, and he trembled sour.
Kou Ji continued to rush with Erbao.
Crossing the Zhouqiao, and further east is Daxiangguo Temple, after crossing the Daxiangguo Temple, it is Maxing Street.
Along Maxing Street all the way to the north, behind Daxiangguo Temple is Jingling Palace.
Jingling Palace is on the west side of Maxing Street, and on the east side of the street is Kou Mansion.
In Kou Ji's fantasy, with Kou Zhun's status, his place should be crowded.
But the reality is obviously different from his fantasy.
Except for the two huge stone lions guarding the door, only one door was sitting in the porter dozing off.
There is no one else.
Kou Ji straightened his crown, patted the dust on his body, and slowly straightened his chest.
When he turned his head to look at Erbao, he almost died of anger.
One bunch of candied haws was eaten and only one was left. He seemed a little reluctant to eat it, so he held it in his hand and licked it vigorously.
Kou Ji rudely snatched the candied haws from Erbao, and under his nervous gaze, he swung down the hawthorn.
Er Bao was anxious, "Master, I licked..."
Before he finished speaking, Kou Ji arrogantly stuffed Hawthorn into his mouth and blocked his mouth.
"When you enter Bianjing, we are the people in Xiangfu. Don't be ashamed of your young master, otherwise you won't want to eat half a candied haws in the future!"
Kou Ji made a vicious threat.
Er Bao shrank his neck in fright, and after a timid promise, followed Kou Ji obediently.
Kou Ji adjusted his clothes again, stepped forward slowly, and stepped onto the three-foot-high steps of Kou Mansion.
There are three levels of steps, paved with bluestone, and they are very flat.
"Where is the beggar, go, is this a place you can come to?"
The dozing door in the porter did not know when he had already woke up. He lay in the doorway, looking at Kou Ji's master servant with a threatening expression.
When Kou Ji heard this, he said with a straight face: "My name is Kou, from Huazhou!"
"The last name is Kou? It's from Huazhou?"
Menzi's eyes widened and repeated.
Then the hall roared with laughter in Kou Ji's arrogant look.
"This past ten days, the surname is Kou, from Huazhou, I have met seven or eight, Xiaoye."
After laughing, Menzi's face became cold.
"Hurry up and run to the door of Kou's Mansion to bluff and deceive. It's a beggar!"