chapter Five
Kaifeng City is bustling and bustling, with people coming and going on the wide road, and traffic is rife
In the early morning, shops on both sides of the street had already opened early. The guys were shouting and selling hard in the morning light. The air in the whole city seemed to be mixed with the aroma of various snacks, showing a vibrant atmosphere.
The city is noisy and prosperous, but as soon as you enter the Forbidden Palace, it becomes solemn, as if a city wall separates two different worlds.
The Imperial City Office is located in the left Chengmen of the Forbidden Palace. It has the position of taking charge of the palace, Zhoulu guards, and spy on intelligence. The public servants who have not been arrested by the army. In addition, there are sometimes eunuchs entering and leaving.
Unlike the carved beams and painted buildings in other government offices, the buildings of the Imperial City Department are mostly made of stone. Not only are the bluestone roads in front of the door, but the houses are also made of gray stones. The eaves of the roof are vermilion red, bright as blood. There is a single horned stone sculpture lying on each corner of the eaves. It is the legendary magical beast that distinguishes right from wrong and recognizes good and evil. From a distance, it looks serious and solemn.
At the main entrance, two teams of imperial guards stood upright, each wearing iron armor and holding a long halberd. Whenever someone approached, he would welcome a cold and vigilant look.
It was the morning shift, and there were frequent public men wearing official uniforms. Although these people were not all serious, no one talked and laughed freely. Even if they met a familiar colleague, they would at most smile and bow down, and talked in a low voice and then join hands.
At this time, three figures slowly approached in the distance. It was Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang escorting the fox girl.
At this time, Liu Suifeng had already changed into the bookish long gown. His public uniform was similar to Yaoguang, neither literary nor military, and somewhat similar to the constable's public uniform, but it was more regular and smooth, with blue and black intersecting, with clear sleeves, and on the side of the erect neckline, the seven-star Beidou picture embroidered with silver thread was originally a romantic figure. At this time, a narrow knife was hung around his waist. When he looked at it again, he looked even more heroic.
Seeing the three people approaching, the soldiers guarding the door couldn't help but look at each other, but when they saw Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang clearly, they couldn't help but relax their expressions, turned to look at the fox girl.
At this time, the fox girl had long lost her outstanding temperament. Not only did she disheveled her hair and was dressed in a mess, but she was also locked in shackles between her hands and feet. Even her mouth was tightly tied by a black cloth, revealing only half of her ugly face and dull eyes.
The guards only glanced at it and all knew it. Needless to say, this was another guy who pretended to be a ghost and was arrested.
The three of them approached, Liu Suifeng stopped slightly, and with his hands turned out a token in a concealed manner. The leader of the army looked at him, narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly. Liu Suifeng smiled slightly, and did not speak, and stepped in. Yaoguang behind him quickly pushed the fox girl and followed her.
After entering the gatehouse, there was a bright courtyard. Several rows of ancient trees were separated in the courtyard. From time to time, a young man walked by quickly. Yaoguang and Liu Suifeng rushed into the door and ignored it. Liu Suifeng didn't care and did not go straight. Instead, he led Yaoguang and the fox girl to the remote corner on the right. After a while, the three of them walked to a short office, opened the door and walked in.
The official office looked dull and old, as if it had not been cleaned for a long time. But as soon as I entered the door, the scenery inside was revealed. It was a long and dark stone corridor. A burning torch was inserted diagonally on both sides of the corridor at any distance. Sometimes the sound of whimpering wind blew, making it look a little gloomy
Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang disagreed with this scene, but the fox girl who was originally lost and dull suddenly showed a look of horror at this moment, and even her body trembled slightly
Seeing this, Yaoguang couldn't help but sneer: "I dare to pretend to be a ghost in the cemetery, but I thought it was a brave person! Why, now I know I'm afraid? It's too late!"
The fox girl turned her head and looked at Yaoguang in horror. Her eyes were full of begging, and her mouth made a whimpering sound, as if she was begging for mercy. It was a pity that Yaoguang not only ignored her request for help, but instead pushed her shoulder hard and said angrily: "Do you want to talk? Humph, go quickly, someone will be able to interrogate you later, and you will have a chance to speak at that time."
Liu Suifeng walked in front and laughed when he heard Yaoguang talking. He looked back at the two of them, shook their heads slightly, and didn't say much, but walked forward. Yaoguang quickly pushed the fox girl to follow.
After a few steps forward, the roar of the mechanism suddenly came from the ground in front of the corridor. Immediately afterwards, the originally integrated bluestone ground suddenly cracked, revealing a dark passage and a row of downward steps.
Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang's expression remained unchanged, and they held the fox girl step by step and walked straight down the stairs. As soon as the three of them went down the stairs, the bluestone ground behind them quietly closed, as if no one had entered before
Soon, the three of them appeared in a spacious stone hall. There was a table in the corner of the hall. Two guards behind the table were dressed similarly to Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang. Only the subtle colors and patterns were slightly different. When the two saw Liu Suifeng, they quickly got up to see the ceremony.
"Have you met an adult"
Liu Suifeng smiled and nodded, bowed and returned the gift: "Two brothers don't have to be too polite o"
After saying that, Liu Suifeng turned sideways and gave up the fox girl: "This is the fox fairy that caused a lot of controversy a while ago. Please take good care of the specific file. I will hand it over to Senior Dongming in person later."
The two nodded, and one of the guards took out the document and handed it to Liu Suifeng, and smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, please sign the prison."
Liu Suifeng nodded, opened the document, flipped it around casually, found a page marked "Fox Fairy", glanced at it, and saw that it was correct, he took the brush handed over by the guards, and wrote a snake with a dragon and phoenix. Then he took out a small seal from his arms, put it in front of his mouth and breathed gently, pressed hard on the blank space behind the word "Liu", leaving a red seal - Wenquxingjio
The guards checked the documents and then waved to Yaoguang. Yaoguang understood and ignored the fox girl. He followed Liu Suifeng and continued to move forward. He soon approached a corridor again.
Before the two of them walked a few steps, suddenly the roar of mechanical roars came from the corridor. As the sound appeared, a row of copper-colored puppets flashed on both sides of the corridor. In detail, there were no more and no less bronze men, a total of eighteen o When these bronze men appeared, they looked murderous and took offensive postures.
Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang were not surprised. When they saw the bronze man appear, they naturally took out their respective identity tokens and pressed them on the chests of the two leading puppet bronze men. There were only two light clicks. The puppet chest mechanism activated and swallowed the token. After one breath, the bronze man where he was located flashed back to the walls of the two corridors at the same time, leaving the corridor o
The two of them continued to move forward and soon arrived at the end of the corridor. Under the flames, several white stone steps were exposed. The two of them kept walking up. When they reached the last step, a stone suddenly popped up on both sides of the stone walls, and two tokens were placed on it. It was the identity token that was swallowed by the bronze puppet before. At the same time, the stone wall in front slowly opened, revealing a bright world, and had returned to the ground.
The morning light shone, and Liu Suifeng and the others couldn't help but squint, but they were not surprised. They took the token on the stone and put it in. They stepped up. The stone wall behind them roared and closed slowly. Looking back, there was only a huge rock left.
The two stood there for a moment, and when their eyes adapted to the light, they took another step. They saw a white marble archway in front of them. The three magnificent characters "Beidousi" were written in the middle of the lintel of the archway. They were square and solemn and grand.
Chapter completed!